State Supreme Court / Mo.

Sours v. State

Decided January 15, 1980. Warren Dee Welliver wrote the opinion for the court.

593 S.W.2d 208 · Cited 167 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.

Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
State v. Treadway · 558 S.W.2d 646
Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge · 280 N.W.2d 793
Jones v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 18
State v. Valentine · 584 S.W.2d 92
Nielsen · 131 U.S. 176
State v. Boudreau · 322 A.2d 626
State v. Hudson · 562 S.W.2d 416
United States v. Hearst · 412 F. Supp. 877
Gavieres v. United States · 220 U.S. 338
State v. Smith · 592 S.W.2d 165
Harris v. State · 555 P.2d 76
Whitton v. State · 479 P.2d 302
People v. Logan · 41 Cal. 2d 279
State v. Frye · 393 A.2d 1372
State v. Saxon · 226 N.W.2d 765
People v. Miller · 129 Cal. App. 2d 305
Elmore v. State · 382 N.E.2d 893
State v. Pinder · 375 So. 2d 836
State v. Innis · 391 A.2d 1158
State v. Clark · 592 S.W.2d 709
State v. Moton · 476 S.W.2d 785
Tyson v. State · 386 N.E.2d 1185
Briggs v. State · 573 S.W.2d 157
Kansas City v. Henderson · 468 S.W.2d 48

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Sours v. State · 603 S.W.2d 592
State v. Peters · 855 S.W.2d 345
Missouri v. Hunter · 459 U.S. 359
State v. Kane · 629 S.W.2d 372
State v. Thompson · 659 S.W.2d 766
Hutchinson v. State · 620 S.W.2d 3
State Ex Rel. Westfall v. Ruddy · 621 S.W.2d 42
State v. Bowles · 754 S.W.2d 902
State v. McCrary · 621 S.W.2d 266
State v. Lowery · 608 S.W.2d 445
Rodriquez v. State · 443 So. 2d 236
State v. Passons · 417 P.3d 240
State v. Cunningham · 193 S.W.3d 774
Davis v. State · 660 S.W.2d 755
State v. McMillin · 783 S.W.2d 82
People of Illinois v. Haron · 422 N.E.2d 627
State v. Kinder · 942 S.W.2d 313
State v. Haggard · 619 S.W.2d 44
State v. Mitchell · 611 S.W.2d 223
State v. Murray · 630 S.W.2d 577
State v. Harris · 622 S.W.2d 330
State v. D.W.N. · 290 S.W.3d 814
State v. Crews · 607 S.W.2d 729
State v. Cornman · 695 S.W.2d 443
State Ex Rel. Bulloch v. Seier · 771 S.W.2d 71

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