State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Coleman

Decided December 19, 1979. John C. Sheehy wrote the opinion for the court.

605 P.2d 1000 · Cited 133 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. Coleman · 579 P.2d 732
State v. McKenzie · 581 P.2d 1205
Williams v. Oklahoma · 358 U.S. 576
Thompson v. Utah · 170 U.S. 343
People v. Teron · 588 P.2d 773
Beazell v. Ohio · 269 U.S. 167
State v. Lindquist · 589 P.2d 101
Norton v. Shelby County · 118 U.S. 425
Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246
Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386
Hopt v. People of Territory of Utah · 110 U.S. 574
Cox v. Hart · 260 U.S. 427
Malloy v. South Carolina · 237 U.S. 180
Rooney v. North Dakota · 196 U.S. 319
Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank · 308 U.S. 371
Kring v. Missouri · 107 U.S. 221
Miller v. State · 584 S.W.2d 758
State v. Gone · 587 P.2d 1291
State v. Sandstrom · 580 P.2d 106
State v. Davis · 577 P.2d 375
State v. Rhodes · 164 Mont. 455
Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
Marks v. United States · 430 U.S. 188
Ex Parte Siebold · 100 U.S. 371
Gibson v. Mississippi · 162 U.S. 565

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Coleman v. State · 633 P.2d 624
State v. Fitzpatrick · 186 Mont. 187
State v. McKenzie · 608 P.2d 428
State v. Smith · 705 P.2d 1087
State v. Smith · 931 P.2d 1272
Fitzpatrick v. State · 194 Mont. 310
State v. Keith · 754 P.2d 474
State v. Longstreth · 1999 MT 204
State v. Bad Horse · 605 P.2d 1113
State v. Cooney · 945 P.2d 891
State v. Lester Kills on Top · 787 P.2d 336
McKenzie v. Osborne · 640 P.2d 368
State v. Thomas · 445 P.3d 777
Kennedy v. Louisiana · 554 U.S. 407
State v. Jeffries · 717 P.2d 722
State v. Mount · 2003 MT 275
State v. Vern Kills on Top · 793 P.2d 1273
State v. Coleman · 249 Mont. 128
State v. Close · 623 P.2d 940
State v. Brander · 930 P.2d 31
Mellinger v. State · 740 P.2d 73
State v. Woods · 662 P.2d 579
State v. Anderson · 2008 MT 116
State v. Addison · 7 A.3d 1225
State v. Wogamon · 610 P.2d 1161

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