State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Close

Decided February 9, 1981. John C. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

623 P.2d 940 · Cited 65 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.

Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
State v. Sullivan · 182 Mont. 66
State v. Coleman · 605 P.2d 1000
United States v. Perez · 22 U.S. 579
Brown v. North American Manufacturing Co. · 576 P.2d 711
State v. McKenzie · 581 P.2d 1205
State v. Campbell · 146 Mont. 251
State v. Sunday · 609 P.2d 1188
State v. Azure · 591 P.2d 1125
McGuinn v. State · 581 P.2d 417
State v. Armstrong · 562 P.2d 1129
State v. Owens · 597 P.2d 72
State v. Owens · 182 Mont. 338
Sutterfield v. State · 489 P.2d 1345

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