State Supreme Court / N.C.

State v. Colson

Decided October 9, 1968. J. Frank Huskins wrote the opinion for the court.

163 S.E.2d 376 · Cited 131 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. Moore · 83 S.E.2d 912
Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
State v. Grundler · 111 S.E.2d 1
State v. Coffey · 121 S.E.2d 736
State v. Pometti · 97 A.2d 399
State v. De Meo · 118 A.2d 1
Pivak v. State · 175 N.E. 278
United States v. Blue · 384 U.S. 251
State v. Hamilton · 141 S.E.2d 506
State v. Tippett · 155 S.E.2d 269
State v. Carter · 65 S.E.2d 9
State v. Wright · 161 S.E.2d 581
State v. Jones · 89 S.E.2d 129
State v. Little · 154 S.E.2d 61
State v. Strickland · 119 S.E.2d 781
Butler Oak Tavern v. Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control · 120 A.2d 24
County of Camden v. Pennsauken Sewerage Authority · 105 A.2d 505
State v. McPeak · 90 S.E.2d 501
Glos v. People · 259 Ill. 332
State v. Giles · 119 S.E.2d 394
Darden v. Bone · 119 S.E.2d 634
Andrews v. Andrews · 92 S.E.2d 180
Fifth Street Pier Corp. v. City of Hoboken · 126 A.2d 6
State v. . McGee · 198 S.E. 616
Klotz v. Lee · 121 A.2d 369

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State v. Harvey · 187 S.E.2d 706
State v. Vestal · 180 S.E.2d 755
State v. Cherry · 257 S.E.2d 551
State v. Arrington · 319 S.E.2d 254
State Ex Rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate Bureau · 269 S.E.2d 547
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State v. Carter · 370 S.E.2d 553
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State v. Greene · 206 S.E.2d 229
State v. Duboise · 181 S.E.2d 393
State v. Jones · 538 S.E.2d 917
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State v. McKinney · 637 S.E.2d 868

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