State Supreme Court / Or.

State v. Classen

Decided February 13, 1979. Thomas Tongue wrote the opinion for the court.

590 P.2d 1198 · Cited 98 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. Anderson · 205 N.W.2d 461
Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
Nardone v. United States · 308 U.S. 338
Mallory v. United States · 354 U.S. 449
Commonwealth v. Botelho · 343 N.E.2d 876
State v. Warner · 585 P.2d 681
State v. Valdez · 561 P.2d 1006
State v. Flores · 570 P.2d 965
Sawyer v. State · 298 N.E.2d 440
State v. Green · 531 P.2d 245
State v. Wallace · 285 So. 2d 796
Jones v. State · 542 P.2d 1316
State v. Garza · 283 Or. 1

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