State Supreme Court / Ariz.

State v. Christensen

Decided April 14, 1981. Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

628 P.2d 580 · Cited 126 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. Dickey · 608 P.2d 302
State v. Schantz · 403 P.2d 521
State v. Arredondo · 526 P.2d 163
People v. Goedecke · 65 Cal. 2d 850
State v. Acosta · 416 P.2d 560
State v. Edwards · 594 P.2d 72
State v. Cannon · 576 P.2d 132
Shepard v. United States · 290 U.S. 96
State v. Ramirez · 569 P.2d 201
State v. Lehman · 616 P.2d 63
State v. Pawley · 599 P.2d 840
State v. Nettz · 560 P.2d 814
State v. Smith · 599 P.2d 199
State v. Laffoon · 610 P.2d 1045
State v. Lee · 559 P.2d 657
State v. Trotter · 514 P.2d 1249
State v. Gortarez · 402 P.2d 992
State v. Briggs · 542 P.2d 804
State v. Smith · 420 P.2d 278
Tucker v. Reil · 77 P.2d 203
State v. Rhodes · 517 P.2d 507
State v. Makal · 455 P.2d 450
State v. Lawrence · 599 P.2d 754
Harding v. State · 26 Ariz. 334
State v. Robin · 543 P.2d 779

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