State Supreme Court / N.J.

State v. Alston

Decided October 21, 1981. Sydney Schreiber wrote the opinion for the court.

440 A.2d 1311 · Cited 275 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.

Jones v. United States · 362 U.S. 257
State v. Patino · 414 A.2d 1327
State v. Johnson · 346 A.2d 66
Brown v. United States · 411 U.S. 223
State v. Welsh · 419 A.2d 1123
People v. Martinez · 118 Cal. App. 3d 624
Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange Cty. · 368 U.S. 278
United States v. Jeffers · 342 U.S. 48
State v. Baker · 405 A.2d 368
State v. Williams · 417 A.2d 1046
State v. Schmid · 423 A.2d 615
State v. Ingenito · 432 A.2d 912
Crescent Park Tenants Ass'n v. Realty Equities Corp. · 58 N.J. 98
State v. Burnett · 201 A.2d 39
State v. Sims · 382 A.2d 638
State v. Davis · 231 A.2d 793
State v. Boykins · 232 A.2d 141
State v. Catania · 427 A.2d 537
State v. Humphreys · 255 A.2d 273
State v. Carpentieri · 414 A.2d 966
State v. Vinegra · 376 A.2d 150

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