State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Copeland

Decided April 11, 1988. John Allen Dixon Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

530 So. 2d 526 · Cited 148 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. Graham · 422 So. 2d 123
State v. Brogdon · 457 So. 2d 616
State v. Jones · 474 So. 2d 919
State v. Comeaux · 514 So. 2d 84
State v. Welcome · 458 So. 2d 1235
State v. Sawyer · 422 So. 2d 95
State v. Copeland · 419 So. 2d 899
Sawyer v. State · 442 So. 2d 1136
State v. Knight · 227 La. 739
State v. Brooks · 505 So. 2d 714
State v. Watson · 449 So. 2d 1321
State v. Lindsey · 404 So. 2d 466
State v. Williams · 445 So. 2d 1171
State v. Perry · 502 So. 2d 543
State v. Brogdon · 426 So. 2d 158
State v. Kirkpatrick · 443 So. 2d 546
State v. Rault · 445 So. 2d 1203
State v. Berry · 391 So. 2d 406
State v. Lee · 346 So. 2d 682
State v. Moore · 432 So. 2d 209
State v. Vanderpool · 493 So. 2d 574
State v. Lee · 331 So. 2d 455
State v. Bates · 495 So. 2d 1262
State v. Clark · 492 So. 2d 862
State v. Loyd · 489 So. 2d 898

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