State Supreme Court / Me.

State v. Collins

Decided December 8, 1972. Suidney W. Wernick wrote the opinion for the court.

297 A.2d 620 · Cited 176 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. Merrow · 208 A.2d 659
Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278
People v. Huntley · 15 N.Y.2d 72
State v. Smith · 140 Me. 255
State v. Smith · 277 A.2d 481
Thursby v. State · 223 A.2d 61
State v. Hathaway · 211 A.2d 558
People v. Walker · 132 N.W.2d 87
State v. Warner · 237 A.2d 150
State v. Coty · 229 A.2d 205
State v. Bobb · 138 Me. 242
State v. Keiser · 143 N.W.2d 75
State v. Clayton Brooks Hale · 172 A.2d 631
State v. Peterson · 75 A.2d 368
State v. Robbins · 135 Me. 121
Duguay v. State · 240 A.2d 738
State v. Brewton · 395 P.2d 874
State v. Rowe · 238 A.2d 217
State v. Boisvert · 236 A.2d 419
State v. Shackford · 262 A.2d 359
State v. Trott · 289 A.2d 414
New Oil, Inc. v. First Interstate Bank of Commerce · 895 P.2d 871

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State v. Simmons · 435 A.2d 1090
State v. Tanguay · 388 A.2d 913
State v. Letalien · 2009 ME 130
State v. Tardiff · 374 A.2d 598
State v. Kelly · 376 A.2d 840
State v. Carter · 412 A.2d 56
State v. Lawrence · 920 A.2d 236
State v. Sawyer · 2001 ME 88
State v. Ledger · 444 A.2d 404
State v. Northup · 318 A.2d 489
State v. Knights · 482 A.2d 436
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