Simmons v. State

Decided December 13, 2001. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

805 So. 2d 452 · Cited 301 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.

• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• Williams v. State · 684 So. 2d 1179
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Jackson v. State · 684 So. 2d 1213
• Wilcher v. State · 697 So. 2d 1087
• Doss v. State · 709 So. 2d 369
• Graves v. State · 708 So. 2d 858
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829
• MacKbee v. State · 575 So. 2d 16
• Snelson v. State · 704 So. 2d 452
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Turner v. Fouche · 396 U.S. 346
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Griffin v. State · 557 So. 2d 542
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• West v. State · 553 So. 2d 8
• McGilberry v. State · 741 So. 2d 894
• Crawford v. State · 716 So. 2d 1028
• Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State · 672 So. 2d 744
• Quinn v. Millsap · 491 U.S. 95
• Terry v. State · 718 So. 2d 1115
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743

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• Batiste v. State · 121 So. 3d 808
• Moffett v. State · 49 So. 3d 1073
• Keller v. State · 138 So. 3d 817
• Williams v. State · 20 So. 3d 722
• Thorson v. State · 895 So. 2d 85
• Branch v. State · 882 So. 2d 36
• Houston Lee Jones v. State of Mississippi · 179 So. 3d 1193
• Gillett v. State · 56 So. 3d 469
• Bonds v. State · 138 So. 3d 914
• Cox v. State · 183 So. 3d 36
• Sheila Ealey v. State of Mississippi · 158 So. 3d 283
• Havard v. State · 928 So. 2d 771
• Evans v. State · 133 So. 3d 369
• Bennett v. State · 933 So. 2d 930
• Richardson v. State · 918 So. 2d 760
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• Howell v. State · 860 So. 2d 704
• Goff v. State · 14 So. 3d 625
• Dycus v. State · 875 So. 2d 140
• Ronk v. State · 172 So. 3d 1112
• Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. State of Mississippi · 254 So. 3d 77

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