State Supreme Court / Me.

State v. Caouette

Decided June 23, 1982. Daniel E. Wathen wrote the opinion for the court.

446 A.2d 1120 · Cited 74 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. Collins · 297 A.2d 620
State v. Ashe · 425 A.2d 191
Blackburn v. Alabama · 361 U.S. 199
State v. Bleyl · 435 A.2d 1349
Commonwealth v. Alston · 456 Pa. 128
State v. Theriault · 425 A.2d 986
Commonwealth v. Ritter · 340 A.2d 433
State v. Tardiff · 374 A.2d 598
State v. Catlin · 392 A.2d 27
State v. Gordon · 387 A.2d 611
State v. Price · 406 A.2d 883

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State v. Rees · 2000 ME 55
State v. Sawyer · 2001 ME 88
State v. Letalien · 2009 ME 130
State v. Franklin · 463 A.2d 749
State v. Durepo · 472 A.2d 919
State v. Thibodeau · 496 A.2d 635
State of Maine v. Kristina Lowe · 2013 ME 92
State v. Smith · 615 A.2d 1162
State v. Knowlton · 34 A.3d 1139
State v. Mikulewicz · 462 A.2d 497
State v. Philbrick · 481 A.2d 488
State v. Cumming · 634 A.2d 953
State v. George · 52 A.3d 903
State v. Hutchinson · 597 A.2d 1344
State v. Clark · 475 A.2d 418
Taylor v. Commissioner of Mental Health & Mental Retardation · 481 A.2d 139
State v. Knights · 482 A.2d 436
State v. Cadman · 476 A.2d 1148
Beasley v. United States · 512 A.2d 1007
State v. Larrivee · 479 A.2d 347
State v. Snow · 513 A.2d 274
State v. White · 460 A.2d 1017
State v. Kremen · 2000 ME 117
State v. Barczak · 562 A.2d 140
State v. St. Yves · 2000 ME 97

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