State Court of Appeals / Mich. Ct. App.

People v. Gayheart

Decided July 30, 2009. Kathleen Jansen wrote the opinion for the court.

776 N.W.2d 330 · Cited 140 times

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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.

People v. Unger · 749 N.W.2d 272
People v. Mills · 450 Mich. 61
People v. Blume · 505 N.W.2d 843
Strassheim v. Daily · 221 U.S. 280
People v. Lee · 54 N.W.2d 305
People v. Smith · 733 N.W.2d 351
Home Insurance v. Dick · 281 U.S. 397
United States v. Cabrales · 524 U.S. 1
People v. McLaughlin · 80 N.Y.2d 466
People v. Meredith · 531 N.W.2d 749
People v. Carines · 597 N.W.2d 130
People v. Wolfe · 489 N.W.2d 748
People v. Jolly · 502 N.W.2d 177
People v. Watson · 12 N.W.2d 476
People v. Coutu · 589 N.W.2d 458
People v. Webbs · 689 N.W.2d 163
People v. Belanger · 327 N.W.2d 554
People v. Graves · 581 N.W.2d 229
People v. Schumacher · 740 N.W.2d 534
People v. Howard · 575 N.W.2d 16
People v. Katt · 662 N.W.2d 12
State v. Liggins · 524 N.W.2d 181
Sutherland v. Kennington Truck Service, Ltd · 562 N.W.2d 466
Olmstead v. Anderson · 400 N.W.2d 292
State v. Willoughby · 892 P.2d 1319

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People v. Collins · 298 Mich. App. 166
People of Michigan v. Eddie Brown · 926 N.W.2d 879
People v. Houthoofd · 487 Mich. 568
Stephan Andrew Cox v. State · 497 S.W.3d 42
People v. Burks · 308 Mich. App. 256
State v. Williams · 455 S.W.3d 1
People v. Wambar · 300 Mich. App. 121
State v. Hicks · 526 S.W.3d 273
People v. GAYHEART · 782 N.W.2d 207
State of Iowa v. Demetrius S. Rimmer v. Rona Murphy v. Melonicka Thomas · 877 N.W.2d 652

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