State v. Boyd

Decided September 24, 1990. Charles H. O'Brien wrote the opinion for the court.

797 S.W.2d 589 · Cited 185 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.

• Saffle v. Parks · 494 U.S. 484
• State v. Thompson · 768 S.W.2d 239
• State v. Sheffield · 676 S.W.2d 542
• State v. Banks · 564 S.W.2d 947
• State v. Barber · 753 S.W.2d 659
• State v. Porterfield · 746 S.W.2d 441
• State v. King · 718 S.W.2d 241
• Johnson v. State · 531 S.W.2d 558
• State v. Teague · 680 S.W.2d 785
• State v. Laney · 654 S.W.2d 383
• State v. King · 694 S.W.2d 941
• State v. Austin · 618 S.W.2d 738
• State v. Wright · 756 S.W.2d 669
• State v. Smith · 695 S.W.2d 954
• State v. Sparks · 727 S.W.2d 480

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• State v. Hurley · 876 S.W.2d 57
• State v. Smith · 993 S.W.2d 6
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