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State v. Brown

Decided March 13, 1998. Joseph Robert Weisberger wrote the opinion for the court.

709 A.2d 465 · Cited 54 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. Haslam · 663 A.2d 902
State v. Miller · 679 A.2d 867
State v. Brisson · 619 A.2d 1099
State v. Toole · 640 A.2d 965
State v. Kholi · 672 A.2d 429
Alford v. United States · 282 U.S. 687
State v. Anthony · 422 A.2d 921
State v. DeBarros · 441 A.2d 549
State v. Doctor · 690 A.2d 321
State v. Privitera · 476 A.2d 605
Payne v. Superior Court for Providence County · 80 A.2d 159
State v. Castore · 435 A.2d 321
State v. Bennett · 405 A.2d 1181
State v. Eckhart · 367 A.2d 1073
Calci v. Brown · 186 A.2d 234
State v. Cassey · 543 A.2d 670
State v. Brennan · 527 A.2d 654
State v. Wyche · 518 A.2d 907
State v. Beaumier · 480 A.2d 1367
State v. Warren · 624 A.2d 841
State v. Freeman · 473 A.2d 1149
State v. Benevides · 420 A.2d 65
State v. Veluzat · 578 A.2d 93
Bartlett v. Danti · 503 A.2d 515
State v. Mead · 544 A.2d 1146

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State v. Curtis M. Isom · 135 A.3d 1210
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Powers v. State · 734 A.2d 508
State v. Adefusika · 989 A.2d 467
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State v. Hazard · 745 A.2d 748
State v. Gautier · 950 A.2d 400
DeCiantis v. State · 24 A.3d 557
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Ferrell v. Wall · 889 A.2d 177
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