State Supreme Court / Me.

State v. Dechaine

Decided March 15, 1990. Robert W. Clifford wrote the opinion for the court.

572 A.2d 130 · Cited 56 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. Reed · 479 A.2d 1291
State v. Harnish · 560 A.2d 5
State v. Morton · 397 A.2d 171
State v. Allard · 557 A.2d 960
State v. Barry · 495 A.2d 825
Fortson v. State · 379 N.E.2d 147
State v. Ledger · 444 A.2d 404
State v. LeClair · 425 A.2d 182
State v. Conlogue · 474 A.2d 167
State v. White · 460 A.2d 1017
State v. Thurlow · 414 A.2d 1241
State v. Hutchins · 433 A.2d 419
State v. Vanassche · 566 A.2d 1077
State v. Perry · 552 A.2d 545
State v. Williams · 462 A.2d 491
State v. Bishop · 392 A.2d 20
State v. Kotsimpulos · 411 A.2d 79
State v. Giglio · 441 A.2d 303
State v. Mason · 408 A.2d 1269
State v. Landry · 459 A.2d 175
State v. Holt · 391 A.2d 822
State v. Walsh · 558 A.2d 1184
State v. Giovanini · 567 A.2d 1345
State v. Nye · 516 A.2d 560
Rossignol v. Commissioner of Human Services · 495 A.2d 788

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State of Maine v. Jerry Lee Adams · 2015 ME 30
State v. Waterman · 2010 ME 45
State v. Mitchell · 4 A.3d 478
State v. Dechaine · 630 A.2d 234
Ervin v. State · 991 S.W.2d 804
State of Maine v. Dennis J. Dechaine · 2015 ME 88
State v. Bridges · 2003 ME 103
State v. Boobar · 637 A.2d 1162
State v. Smith · 675 A.2d 93
State of Maine v. George Jaime · 2015 ME 22
Bouwkamp v. State · 833 P.2d 486
State v. Robinson · 628 A.2d 664
State v. Boucher · 652 A.2d 76
State v. Fournier · 203 A.3d 801
Holmes v. South Carolina · 547 U.S. 319
Commonwealth v. Collins · 764 A.2d 1056
Secrest v. State · 679 A.2d 58
Rich v. Fuller · 666 A.2d 71
State v. Bickart · 963 A.2d 183
State v. Tomah · 1999 ME 109
Pelkey v. Canadian Pacific Ltd. · 586 A.2d 1248
State of Maine v. Derek S. Poulin · 2016 ME 110
State v. Jones · 580 A.2d 161
State v. Dean · 589 A.2d 929
State v. Cruthirds · 96 A.3d 80

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