State Supreme Court / N.M.

State v. Coffin

Decided October 6, 1999. Patricio M. Serna wrote the opinion for the court.

991 P.2d 477 · Cited 171 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. Ogden · 880 P.2d 845
Salandre v. State · 806 P.2d 562
State v. Sutphin · 753 P.2d 1314
State v. Garcia · 837 P.2d 862
State v. Chamberlain · 819 P.2d 673
State v. Abeyta · 901 P.2d 164
State v. Brule · 981 P.2d 782
State v. Ross · 919 P.2d 1080
State v. Sanders · 872 P.2d 870
Zurla v. State · 789 P.2d 588
State v. Vigil · 794 P.2d 728
State v. Lucero · 541 P.2d 430
State v. Garcia · 620 P.2d 1285
State v. Griego · 294 P.2d 282
State v. Rojo · 971 P.2d 829
State v. Gomez · 932 P.2d 1
State v. Clark · 990 P.2d 793
State v. Magby · 969 P.2d 965
City of Albuquerque v. Chavez · 965 P.2d 928
State v. Willis · 933 P.2d 854
State v. Smith · 933 P.2d 851
State v. Orosco · 833 P.2d 1146
State v. Campos · 921 P.2d 1266
State v. Parish · 878 P.2d 988
State v. Fekete · 901 P.2d 708

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State v. Smallwood · 2007 NMSC 5
State v. Young · 172 P.3d 138
State v. Hester · 324 S.W.3d 1
State v. Duran · 2006 NMSC 35
State v. Flores · 226 P.3d 641
State v. Graham · 109 P.3d 285
State v. Spearman · 2012 NMSC 23
State v. Nieto · 12 P.3d 442
State v. Jernigan · 127 P.3d 537
State v. Gallegos · 206 P.3d 993
State v. Sosa · 14 P.3d 32
State v. Rosales · 94 P.3d 768
State v. Harrison · 7 P.3d 478
State v. Montoya · 61 P.3d 793
State v. Martinez · 43 P.3d 1042
New Mexico Department of Health v. Compton · 34 P.3d 593
State v. Thomas · 2016 NMSC 24
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