Smith v. State

Decided June 1, 1983. Vernon H. Broom wrote the opinion for the court.

434 So. 2d 212 · Cited 87 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.

• Wheat v. Thigpen · 431 So. 2d 486
• Callahan v. State · 426 So. 2d 801
• Goldsby v. State · 78 So. 2d 762
• Rogers v. Jones · 128 So. 2d 547
• Wetzel v. State · 76 So. 2d 188
• Auman v. State · 285 So. 2d 146
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563
• Culberson v. State · 412 So. 2d 1184
• Edwards v. Thigpen · 433 So. 2d 906
• In Re Jordan · 390 So. 2d 584
• Bell v. Watkins · 381 So. 2d 118
• Spears v. State · 278 So. 2d 443
• Taylor v. State · 285 So. 2d 172
• Irving v. State · 194 So. 2d 239
• Holloway v. State · 261 So. 2d 799
• Woodruff v. State · 187 So. 2d 883

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• Pruett v. Thigpen · 444 So. 2d 819
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• In Re Smith · 457 So. 2d 911
• Dillon Williams v. State of Mississippi · 222 So. 3d 265
• Gross v. State · 852 So. 2d 671
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Harper v. State · 478 So. 2d 1017
• Perkins v. State · 487 So. 2d 791
• Smith v. State · 500 So. 2d 973
• Smith v. State · 490 So. 2d 860
• Lockett v. State · 656 So. 2d 68
• Nathaniel Walden v. State of Mississippi · 201 So. 3d 1042
• Johnson v. Thigpen · 623 F. Supp. 1121
• Walton v. State · 752 So. 2d 452
• Lockett v. State · 656 So. 2d 76
• Terry v. State · 839 So. 2d 543
• Daner Ford v. State of Mississippi · 206 So. 3d 486
• Roby v. State · 861 So. 2d 368
• Rush v. State · 811 So. 2d 431
• Smith v. Thigpen · 689 F. Supp. 644
• Rogers v. State · 811 So. 2d 367
• Lewis v. State · 797 So. 2d 248
• Hargett v. State · 864 So. 2d 283
• Hamlin v. State · 853 So. 2d 841
• Grimes v. State · 812 So. 2d 1094

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