Shields v. State

Decided February 3, 1897. Leander J. Monks wrote the opinion for the court.

149 Ind. 395 · Cited 77 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.

• Atkinson v. Dailey · 107 Ind. 117
• Deal v. State · 140 Ind. 354
• Goodwin v. State · 96 Ind. 550
• Epps v. State · 102 Ind. 539
• Staser v. Hogan · 120 Ind. 207
• Hauk v. State · 148 Ind. 238
• Cooper v. State · 120 Ind. 377
• Bessette v. State · 101 Ind. 85
• Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Stick · 143 Ind. 449
• Colee v. State · 75 Ind. 511
• Hall v. State · 8 Ind. 439
• McDermott v. State · 89 Ind. 187
• Stout v. State · 90 Ind. 1
• Newport v. State · 140 Ind. 299
• Wood v. State · 92 Ind. 269
• Ledgerwood v. State · 134 Ind. 81
• Mode v. Beasley · 143 Ind. 306
• Walker v. State · 102 Ind. 502
• Boyle v. State · 97 Ind. 322
• Hinchcliffe v. Koontz · 121 Ind. 422
• Chandler v. State · 141 Ind. 106
• Leverich v. State · 105 Ind. 277
• Holler v. State · 37 Ind. 57
• Robb v. State · 144 Ind. 569
• People v. Reynolds · 16 Cal. 128

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• Smith v. State · 186 Ind. 252
• Deckard v. Adams · 203 N.E.2d 303
• Adams v. State · 271 N.E.2d 425
• Harper v. James · 203 N.E.2d 531
• Tyrrel v. State · 177 Ind. 14
• State Ex Rel. Johnson v. White Circuit Court · 77 N.E.2d 298
• Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co. v. Roach · 192 Ind. 384
• Gingerich v. State · 83 N.E.2d 47
• Faulkenberg v. State · 151 N.E. 382
• Harbison v. Boyd · 177 Ind. 267
• Wallace v. State · 149 N.E. 57
• Alexander v. Blackburn · 178 Ind. 66
• Weigand v. State · 178 Ind. 623
• Kingan & Co. v. King · 179 Ind. 285
• Gielow v. State · 153 N.E. 409
• Eacock v. State · 169 Ind. 488
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hadley · 170 Ind. 204
• Osburn v. State · 164 Ind. 262
• Cox v. State · 177 N.E. 898
• Thrawley v. State · 153 Ind. 375
• Johnson v. Johnson · 156 Ind. 592
• Strebin v. Lavengood · 163 Ind. 478

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