State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Coleman

Decided April 25, 1978. Daniel J. Shea wrote the opinion for the court.

579 P.2d 732 · Cited 82 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. Hay · 194 P.2d 232
State v. Bischert · 308 P.2d 969
Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742
State v. Porter · 242 P.2d 984
Burton v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad · 245 U.S. 315
State v. Collett · 167 P.2d 584
State v. Randall · 353 P.2d 1054
State v. Polson · 339 P.2d 510
State v. Baugh · 571 P.2d 779
State v. Loyd · 435 P.2d 797
Desjarlais v. State · 243 N.W.2d 453
State v. Farnes · 558 P.2d 472
State v. London · 310 P.2d 571
State v. Thompson · 524 P.2d 1115
State v. Heiser · 407 P.2d 370
State v. Duncan · 305 P.2d 761
State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Bennett · 162 Mont. 386
State v. Keller · 246 P.2d 817
State v. Haley · 318 P.2d 1084
State v. Fitzpatrick · 178 Mont. 530
State v. Fitzpatrick · 569 P.2d 383

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Coleman v. State · 633 P.2d 624
State v. Coleman · 605 P.2d 1000
Tribby v. Northwestern Bank of Great Falls · 704 P.2d 409
State v. Coleman · 249 Mont. 128
State v. Lynch · 1998 MT 308
State v. LaMere · 2000 MT 45
State v. Fitzpatrick · 186 Mont. 187
State v. Matson · 736 P.2d 971
State v. Curtis · 787 P.2d 306
State v. Stephens · 645 P.2d 387
State v. Riley · 649 P.2d 1273
State v. Brodniak · 718 P.2d 322
State v. Murdaugh · 97 P.3d 844
State v. Lee · 229 Conn. 60
State v. Blain Southern · 1999 MT 94
State v. Miller · 757 P.2d 1275
State v. Smith · 715 P.2d 1301
State v. Jackson · 589 P.2d 1009
State v. Langford · 813 P.2d 936
State v. Gollehon · 262 Mont. 1
State v. Harley Howard · 2011 MT 246
State v. Weinberger · 665 P.2d 202
State v. Pearson · 704 P.2d 1056
Coleman v. Risley · 663 P.2d 1154
State v. Grant · 717 P.2d 562

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