State Supreme Court / Mo.

Sours v. State

Decided August 18, 1980. Warren Dee Welliver wrote the opinion for the court.

603 S.W.2d 592 · Cited 161 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
Sours v. State · 593 S.W.2d 208
Carter v. McClaughry · 183 U.S. 365
Harris v. United States · 359 U.S. 19
In Re Vitale · 375 N.E.2d 87
Nielsen · 131 U.S. 176
Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319
Albrecht v. United States · 273 U.S. 1
Morgan v. Devine · 237 U.S. 632
Ebeling v. Morgan · 237 U.S. 625
Wayne County Prosecutor v. Recorder's Court Judge · 280 N.W.2d 793
Gavieres v. United States · 220 U.S. 338
Elmore v. State · 382 N.E.2d 893
State v. Higgins · 592 S.W.2d 151
State v. Frye · 393 A.2d 1372
State v. Valentine · 584 S.W.2d 92
Weir v. State · 589 S.W.2d 256
State Ex Rel. Bell v. Phillips Petroleum Co. · 160 S.W.2d 764
State v. Treadway · 558 S.W.2d 646
State v. Pinder · 375 So. 2d 836
State v. Morgan · 592 S.W.2d 796
State v. Hudson · 562 S.W.2d 416
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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