Patterson v. State

Decided March 18, 1975. Dixon W. Prentice wrote the opinion for the court.

324 N.E.2d 482 · Cited 344 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Sanders v. State · 284 N.E.2d 751
• Skaggs v. State · 293 N.E.2d 781
• Glasser v. United States · 315 U.S. 60
• Hernandez v. Texas · 347 U.S. 475
• Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. · 328 U.S. 217
• Smith v. Texas · 311 U.S. 128
• Whitus v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 545
• Harvey v. State · 256 Ind. 473
• Johnson v. State · 284 N.E.2d 517
• Kiefer v. State · 153 N.E.2d 899
• New v. State · 259 N.E.2d 696
• Hawkins v. State · 37 N.E.2d 79
• Parker v. State · 136 Ind. 284
• Randolph v. State · 122 N.E.2d 860
• Pierce v. State · 256 N.E.2d 557
• Dorak v. State · 183 Ind. 622
• Hubble v. State · 299 N.E.2d 612
• Lolla v. State · 294 N.E.2d 798
• Levi v. State · 182 Ind. 188
• Wabash Railroad v. Miller · 158 Ind. 174
• Clark v. State · 159 Ind. 60
• Hogan v. State · 132 N.E.2d 908
• Hill v. State · 11 N.E.2d 141
• Parker v. State · 149 N.E. 59
• Males v. State · 156 N.E. 403

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• D. H. v. J. H. · 418 N.E.2d 286
• Lewis v. State · 440 N.E.2d 1125
• Dh v. Jh · 418 N.E.2d 286
• Hendricks v. State · 562 N.E.2d 725
• Traver v. State · 568 N.E.2d 1009
• Dausch v. State · 616 N.E.2d 13
• Franklin v. Duckworth · 530 F. Supp. 1315
• Little v. State · 413 N.E.2d 639
• Lambert v. State · 534 N.E.2d 235
• Cooley v. State · 682 N.E.2d 1277
• Riffel v. State · 549 N.E.2d 1084
• Flewallen v. State · 368 N.E.2d 239
• Gutierrez v. State · 386 N.E.2d 1207
• Modesitt v. State · 578 N.E.2d 649
• Samuels v. State · 372 N.E.2d 1186
• Remsen v. State · 428 N.E.2d 241
• James v. State · 354 N.E.2d 236
• Humphrey v. State · 680 N.E.2d 836
• Gaunt v. State · 457 N.E.2d 211
• Smith v. State · 465 N.E.2d 702
• Timmons v. State · 584 N.E.2d 1108
• Lloyd v. State · 335 N.E.2d 232
• Balfour v. State · 427 N.E.2d 1091

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