State Supreme Court / Me.

State v. Coombs

Decided January 2, 1998. Daniel E. Wathen wrote the opinion for the court.

1998 ME 1 · Cited 71 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. Cefalo · 396 A.2d 233
State v. Snow · 513 A.2d 274
State v. Tardiff · 374 A.2d 598
State v. DeLong · 505 A.2d 803
State v. Knights · 482 A.2d 436
State v. Smith · 615 A.2d 1162
State v. Cole · 1997 ME 112
State v. Mikulewicz · 462 A.2d 497
State v. Johnson · 413 A.2d 931
State v. Reardon · 486 A.2d 112
Casco Northern Bank v. JBI Associates, Ltd. · 667 A.2d 856
State v. Larrivee · 479 A.2d 347
State v. Leone · 581 A.2d 394
State v. Philbrick · 481 A.2d 488
State v. Durepo · 472 A.2d 919
State v. Wood · 662 A.2d 908
State v. Simmons · 435 A.2d 1090
State v. Barczak · 562 A.2d 140
State v. Arnheiter · 598 A.2d 1183
State v. Cooper · 617 A.2d 1011
State v. Navarro · 621 A.2d 408
State v. Gosselin · 594 A.2d 1102
State v. Pinkham · 510 A.2d 520

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State v. Lockhart · 2003 ME 108
State of Maine v. Timothy M. Hunt · 2016 ME 172
State v. Tuplin · 901 A.2d 792
State v. Lavoie · 2010 ME 76
State v. Watson · 2006 ME 80
State v. Nadeau · 2010 ME 71
State of Maine v. Luke A. Bryant · 2014 ME 94
State v. Basu · 875 A.2d 686
State v. Dodge · 2011 ME 47
State v. Hopkins · 189 A.3d 741
State of Maine v. Derric McLain · 2025 ME 87
State v. Dion · 928 A.2d 746
State v. McCarthy · 2003 ME 40
Wawenock, LLC v. Department of Transportation · 2018 ME 83
State v. Poblete · 2010 ME 37
State of Maine v. William A. Wiley · 2013 ME 30
State v. Dickinson · 881 A.2d 651
Minot School Committee v. Minot Education Ass'n · 1998 ME 211
State v. CHAD B. · 1998 ME 150
State v. Seamon · 165 A.3d 342
State of Maine v. Ramel L. Sheppard · 2024 ME 84
State of Maine v. Jessica Babb · 2014 ME 129
State v. Barnes · 768 A.2d 596
State v. Seamon · 165 A.3d 342

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