State Supreme Court / Ark.

Rankin v. State

Decided July 14, 1997. William David Newbern wrote the opinion for the court.

948 S.W.2d 397 · Cited 67 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.

Nooner v. State · 907 S.W.2d 677
Gardner v. State · 754 S.W.2d 518
Lee v. State · 942 S.W.2d 231
Mauppin v. State · 831 S.W.2d 104
Key v. State · 923 S.W.2d 865
Thomas v. State · 868 S.W.2d 483
Stephens v. State · 941 S.W.2d 411
Oliver v. State · 907 S.W.2d 706
Marshall v. State · 875 S.W.2d 814
Bell v. State · 920 S.W.2d 821
Meadows v. State · 722 S.W.2d 584
Bradford v. State · 927 S.W.2d 329
Moore v. State · 791 S.W.2d 698
Webb v. State · 935 S.W.2d 250
Lovelady v. State · 931 S.W.2d 430
Christian v. State · 889 S.W.2d 717
Penn v. State · 681 S.W.2d 307
Harris v. State · 609 S.W.2d 48
Floyd v. State · 643 S.W.2d 555
Miller v. State · 621 S.W.2d 482
Reams v. State · 909 S.W.2d 324
Guinn v. State · 27 Ark. App. 260
Williams v. State · 327 Ark. 97
Bucy v. State · 271 Ark. 768
Cannon v. State · 286 Ark. 242

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Rankin v. State · 1 S.W.3d 14
Engram v. State · 200 S.W.3d 367
Noel v. State · 960 S.W.2d 439
Miller v. State · 362 S.W.3d 264
George v. State · 151 S.W.3d 770
Rankin v. State · 227 S.W.3d 924
Greene v. State · 977 S.W.2d 192
King v. State · 999 S.W.2d 183
Taylor v. State · 974 S.W.2d 454
Zachary v. State · 188 S.W.3d 917
People v. Smithey · 978 P.2d 1171
Grillot v. State · 107 S.W.3d 136
Ferguson v. State · 33 S.W.3d 115
Anderson v. State · 163 S.W.3d 333
Burris v. State · 954 S.W.2d 209
Baughman v. State · 110 S.W.3d 740
In Re Hawthorne · 105 P.3d 552
Willis v. State · 977 S.W.2d 890
Doss v. State · 97 S.W.3d 413
Nelson v. State · 229 S.W.3d 35
Robinson v. State · 72 S.W.3d 827
Maiden v. State · 2014 Ark. 294
Collins v. State · 991 S.W.2d 541
Goff v. State · 19 S.W.3d 579
T.C. v. State · 364 S.W.3d 53

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