State Supreme Court / N.C.

State v. Childress

Decided December 2, 1987. John Webb wrote the opinion for the court.

362 S.E.2d 263 · Cited 55 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. Byrd · 305 S.E.2d 724
State v. Hood · 77 N.C. App. 170
State v. Oliver · 307 S.E.2d 304
State v. Walker · 340 S.E.2d 80
State v. Morgan · 340 S.E.2d 84
State v. Black · 303 S.E.2d 804
State v. Foust · 128 S.E.2d 889
State v. Propst · 161 S.E.2d 560
State v. Buchanan · 215 S.E.2d 80
State v. Bates · 308 S.E.2d 258
State v. Sanders · 174 S.E.2d 487
State v. Davis · 223 S.E.2d 296
State v. Billups · 272 S.E.2d 842
State v. Odom · 341 S.E.2d 332
State v. Brown · 301 S.E.2d 89
State v. . Edwards · 31 S.E.2d 762
State v. LeDuc · 291 S.E.2d 607

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State v. Owen · 503 S.E.2d 426
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Rowan County Board of Education v. United States Gypsum Co. · 407 S.E.2d 860
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State v. Noffsinger · 528 S.E.2d 605
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State v. Theer · 639 S.E.2d 655
State v. Davis · 198 N.C. App. 146
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Taylor v. Abernethy · 560 S.E.2d 233
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