State Supreme Court / Iowa

State v. Benson

Decided October 21, 1941. Frederick M. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

300 N.W. 275 · Cited 53 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.

State v. Weltha · 292 N.W. 148
State v. Ferguson · 283 N.W. 917
State v. Gatton · 20 N.E.2d 265
State v. Johnson · 264 N.W. 596
State v. Stennett · 260 N.W. 732
Wragg v. Griffin · 185 Iowa 243
State v. Carlson · 276 N.W. 770
State v. Beckner · 197 Iowa 1252

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State v. Case · 75 N.W.2d 233
Amana Society v. Selzer · 94 N.W.2d 337
State v. Long · 93 N.W.2d 744
State v. Archer · 58 N.W.2d 44
State v. Small · 11 N.W.2d 377
Johnson v. State · 188 S.E.2d 416
Hinkefent v. State · 267 P.2d 617
Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165
Hill v. State · 366 So. 2d 318
State v. Fish · 893 P.2d 1023
State v. Stump · 119 N.W.2d 210
Schrier v. State · 347 N.W.2d 657
State v. Cram · 160 P.2d 283
State v. Dugas · 211 So. 2d 285
State v. Williams · 62 N.W.2d 742
State v. Severson · 75 N.W.2d 316
Alldredge v. State · 156 N.E.2d 888
McCambridge v. State · 698 S.W.2d 390
Alexander v. State · 305 P.2d 572
Lanford v. People · 409 P.2d 829
State v. Jackson · 637 P.2d 1

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