Pitchford v. State

Decided June 24, 2010. James Earl Graves Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

45 So. 3d 216 · Cited 129 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.

• Lanier v. State · 533 So. 2d 473
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• Goodin v. State · 787 So. 2d 639
• Whitsey v. State · 796 S.W.2d 707
• Davis v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Jones v. State · 306 So. 2d 57
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Davis v. State · 551 So. 2d 165
• Shell v. State · 554 So. 2d 887
• Williams v. State · 684 So. 2d 1179
• Howell v. State · 860 So. 2d 704
• Clemons v. State · 593 So. 2d 1004
• Pinkney v. State · 602 So. 2d 1177
• Shell v. State · 595 So. 2d 1323
• Jones v. State · 602 So. 2d 1170
• Wiley v. State · 691 So. 2d 959
• Lee v. State · 112 So. 2d 254
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829

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• Hughes v. State · 90 So. 3d 613
• Wilson v. State · 83 So. 3d 421
• Jeffrey Allen v. State of Mississippi · 179 So. 3d 1138
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• Davis v. State · 67 So. 3d 768
• Flowers v. Mississippi · 588 U.S. 284
• States v. State · 88 So. 3d 749
• Cox v. State · 183 So. 3d 36
• Eric Ramone Sharkey v. State of Mississippi · 265 So. 3d 151
• James v. State · 124 So. 3d 693
• Davis v. State · 76 So. 3d 659
• James C. Newell, Jr. v. State of Mississippi · 176 So. 3d 78
• Shannon Rayner v. State of Mississippi · 186 So. 3d 881
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• Harrell v. State · 134 So. 3d 266
• Timothy Nelson Evans v. State of Mississippi · 226 So. 3d 1
• Grayson v. State · 118 So. 3d 118

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