Sanders v. State

Decided September 21, 1983. James L. Robertson wrote the opinion for the court.

440 So. 2d 278 · Cited 115 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.

• People v. Owsley · 383 N.E.2d 271
• State v. Galliano · 396 So. 2d 1288
• Edwards v. Thigpen · 433 So. 2d 906
• Lang v. State · 87 So. 2d 265
• Goldsby v. State · 78 So. 2d 762
• Rogers v. Jones · 128 So. 2d 547
• Dolan v. State · 13 So. 2d 925
• Rogers v. State · 241 Miss. 593
• State v. Nicholson · 286 So. 2d 820
• Thornhill v. State · 246 Miss. 312
• Wetzel v. State · 76 So. 2d 188
• Allred v. State · 187 So. 2d 28
• Yates v. State · 189 So. 2d 917
• Young v. State · 264 So. 2d 821
• Clayton v. State · 254 So. 2d 874
• Peete v. Rose · 381 F. Supp. 1167
• Fondren v. State · 187 So. 2d 327

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• Tiller v. State · 440 So. 2d 1001
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• Wallace v. State · 763 So. 2d 909
• Smith v. State · 636 So. 2d 1220
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• Vittitoe v. State · 556 So. 2d 1062
• Lott v. State · 597 So. 2d 627
• Simpson v. State · 678 So. 2d 712
• Davis v. State · 36 So. 3d 456
• Vaughn v. State · 85 So. 3d 907
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• Robinson v. State · 585 So. 2d 757
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• Timothy L. Bolton v. State of Mississippi · 243 So. 3d 796
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