Pittman v. State

Decided July 15, 1974. Robert Perkins Sugg wrote the opinion for the court.

297 So. 2d 888 · Cited 70 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.

• Averitt v. State · 149 So. 2d 320
• McDonald v. State · 78 Miss. 369
• State v. Marquardt · 139 Conn. 1
• Peterson v. State · 242 So. 2d 420
• Dobbs v. State · 27 So. 2d 551
• Johnson v. State · 105 So. 742
• Butler v. State · 170 So. 148
• White v. City of Philadelphia · 19 So. 2d 493
• Mills v. State · 17 So. 2d 215
• Myers v. State · 268 So. 2d 353
• Hudson v. State · 295 So. 2d 766
• Joseph v. State · 218 So. 2d 734

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• Thorson v. State · 895 So. 2d 85
• Mitchell v. State · 792 So. 2d 192
• Cannaday v. State · 455 So. 2d 713
• White v. State · 532 So. 2d 1207
• Meshell v. State · 506 So. 2d 989
• Blanks v. State · 542 So. 2d 222
• Scott v. State · 446 So. 2d 580
• Williams v. State · 729 So. 2d 1181
• James Douglas Willie v. State of Mississippi · 204 So. 3d 1268
• Wadford v. State · 385 So. 2d 951
• Koch v. State · 506 So. 2d 269
• Toney v. State · 298 So. 2d 716
• Smith v. State · 463 So. 2d 1028
• Watts v. State · 305 So. 2d 348
• Hull v. State · 350 So. 2d 60

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