State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Byrd

Decided June 23, 1980. Harry T. Lemmon wrote the opinion for the court.

385 So. 2d 248 · Cited 191 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.

People v. Ford · 65 Cal. 2d 41
People v. Hoffmeister · 229 N.W.2d 305
Forsha v. State · 194 S.W.2d 463
Commonwealth v. Sterling · 170 A. 258
City of Monroe v. French · 345 So. 2d 23
Daniels v. State · 17 So. 2d 793
People v. Codding · 551 P.2d 192
State v. Eliason · 544 P.2d 1124
Wills v. State · 98 S.W.2d 72
Cooper v. State · 297 S.W.2d 75
State v. White · 315 So. 2d 301
State v. McCarroll · 337 So. 2d 475
State v. Craig · 340 So. 2d 191
State v. Allien · 366 So. 2d 1308
State v. Levi · 250 So. 2d 751
State v. Girouard · 373 A.2d 836
Jones v. State · 555 P.2d 63
State v. Tillman · 356 So. 2d 1376
Porter v. State · 243 A.2d 699
White v. State · 348 A.2d 688

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State v. Harveston · 389 So. 2d 63
State v. Krause · 405 So. 2d 832
State in Interest of Pigott · 413 So. 2d 659
State v. Williams · 389 So. 2d 384
State v. McBride · 504 So. 2d 840
State v. LeBlanc · 506 So. 2d 1197
State v. Schenck · 513 So. 2d 1159
State v. Jordan · 489 So. 2d 994
State v. Ricks · 428 So. 2d 794
State v. Stephenson · 412 So. 2d 553
State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. Smith · 571 So. 2d 133
State v. Green · 524 So. 2d 927
State v. Green · 508 So. 2d 602
State, in Interest of Bj · 617 So. 2d 238
State v. Mussall · 523 So. 2d 1305
State v. Hearold · 603 So. 2d 731
State v. Moody · 393 So. 2d 1212
State v. Ortiz · 701 So. 2d 922
State v. Prestridge · 399 So. 2d 564
State Ex Rel. Elaire v. Blackburn · 424 So. 2d 246
State v. Higgins · 898 So. 2d 1219

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