State Court of Appeals / La. Ct. App.

State v. Coates

Decided September 27, 1995. David Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

661 So. 2d 571 · 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. Robertson · 630 So. 2d 1278
Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
State v. Haarala · 398 So. 2d 1093
State v. Ortego · 382 So. 2d 921
State v. Thompson · 631 So. 2d 555
State Ex Rel. Wikberg v. Henderson · 292 So. 2d 505
State v. Hammons · 597 So. 2d 990
State v. Griffin · 618 So. 2d 680
State v. Smith · 651 So. 2d 890
State v. Lee · 554 So. 2d 180
State v. S.P. · 608 So. 2d 232
State v. Dorthey · 623 So. 2d 1276
State v. Bonanno · 384 So. 2d 355
State v. Square · 433 So. 2d 104
State v. Hogan · 480 So. 2d 288
State v. Smith · 430 So. 2d 31
State v. Steele · 387 So. 2d 1175
State v. Smith · 639 So. 2d 237
State v. Knowles · 392 So. 2d 651
State v. Knighton · 436 So. 2d 1141
State v. Powell · 598 So. 2d 454
State v. Nelson · 467 So. 2d 1159
State v. Coody · 448 So. 2d 100
State v. West · 319 So. 2d 901
State v. Bishop · 571 So. 2d 749

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State v. McGraw · 1 So. 3d 645
State v. Blow · 46 So. 3d 735
State v. Pegues · 43 So. 3d 1008
State v. Youngblood · 48 So. 3d 1122
State v. White · 57 So. 3d 1078

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