State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Benoit

Decided October 17, 1983. John Allen Dixon Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

440 So. 2d 129 · Cited 181 times

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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.

State v. Lindsey · 404 So. 2d 466
State v. Williams · 383 So. 2d 369
State v. Edwards · 243 So. 2d 806
State v. Trudell · 350 So. 2d 658
State v. Anderson · 379 So. 2d 735
State Ex Rel. Doran v. Doran · 39 So. 2d 894
State v. Haarala · 398 So. 2d 1093
State v. Johnson · 343 So. 2d 155
State v. Collins · 370 So. 2d 533
State v. Neal · 321 So. 2d 497
State v. Fisher · 380 So. 2d 1340
State v. Alexander · 339 So. 2d 818
State v. Bolen · 338 So. 2d 97
State v. Nicholas · 319 So. 2d 361

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