Smith v. State

Decided December 1, 1994. James W. Smith Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

646 So. 2d 538 · Cited 73 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.

• Riley v. State · 157 So. 2d 381
• Coburn v. State · 168 So. 2d 123
• Clark v. State · 180 So. 602
• Wakefield v. Puckett · 584 So. 2d 1266
• Jackson v. State · 246 So. 2d 553
• Meeks v. State · 604 So. 2d 748
• Barnwell v. State · 567 So. 2d 215
• Merritt v. State · 517 So. 2d 517
• Wood v. City of Bridgeport · 216 Conn. 604
• Summerville v. State · 41 So. 2d 377
• Lee v. State · 29 So. 2d 211
• Wells-Lamont Corp. v. Watkins · 151 So. 2d 600
• Grady v. State · 110 So. 225
• Thompson v. State · 457 So. 2d 953
• Hunter v. State · 184 So. 835
• Jackson v. State · 556 So. 2d 335
• Anderson v. Anderson · 249 Miss. 1
• Sanders v. State · 286 So. 2d 825
• Jordan v. State · 513 So. 2d 574
• Thomas v. State · 474 So. 2d 604

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• Tait v. State · 669 So. 2d 85
• Shields v. State · 722 So. 2d 584
• Gilmore v. State · 119 So. 3d 278
• Jenkins v. State · 131 So. 3d 544
• Harris v. State · 723 So. 2d 546
• Dobbs v. State · 726 So. 2d 1267
• Stanley R. Chesney v. State of Mississippi · 165 So. 3d 498
• Nuckolls v. State · 179 So. 3d 1046
• Lawrence Byrd v. State of Mississippi · 158 So. 3d 1146
• Lenox v. State · 727 So. 2d 753
• Hensley v. State · 912 So. 2d 1083
• Elliott v. State · 41 So. 3d 701
• Jones v. State · 791 So. 2d 891
• Hawkins v. State · 90 So. 3d 116
• Jackson v. State · 840 So. 2d 739
• Watts v. State · 936 So. 2d 377
• Norman v. State · 725 So. 2d 247
• Hosan M. Azomani v. State of Mississippi · 222 So. 3d 282
• Dezjon Daniels v. State of Mississippi · 242 So. 3d 878
• Mamon v. State · 724 So. 2d 878
• Branch v. State · 882 So. 2d 36

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