State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Finley

Decided April 16, 1996. James C. Nelson wrote the opinion for the court.

915 P.2d 208 · Cited 233 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. Morrison · 848 P.2d 514
State v. Azure · 587 P.2d 1297
Westmark v. State · 693 P.2d 220
State v. Wilkins · 746 P.2d 588
State v. Sadowski · 805 P.2d 537
State v. Robbins · 708 P.2d 227
State v. Sierra · 692 P.2d 1273
State v. Furlong · 690 P.2d 986
State v. Enright · 758 P.2d 779
State v. Zackuse · 833 P.2d 142
State v. Arlington · 875 P.2d 307
State v. Suiste · 862 P.2d 399
State v. Voegele · 793 P.2d 832
Rose v. McCormick · 834 P.2d 1377
United States v. Atkinson · 297 U.S. 157
Raffel v. United States · 271 U.S. 494
State v. Bullock · 901 P.2d 61
State v. Rodgers · 849 P.2d 1028
State v. Christenson · 820 P.2d 1303
State v. Hatfield · 846 P.2d 1025
Clenin v. State · 573 P.2d 844
State Ex Rel. Dufresne v. Leslie · 50 P.2d 959
State v. Gone · 587 P.2d 1291
State v. Jackson · 672 P.2d 255
State v. Hembd · 838 P.2d 412

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State v. Favel · 2015 MT 336
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State v. Godfrey · 2004 MT 197
State v. Pizzichiello · 1999 MT 123
In Re CTP · 2004 MT 63
State v. Clausell · 2001 MT 62
State v. Gazda · 2003 MT 350
City of Billings v. Smith · 932 P.2d 1058
State v. Reichmand · 2010 MT 228
State v. West · 2008 MT 338
State v. Sullivan · 927 P.2d 1033
State v. Price · 2002 MT 284
In re C.T.P. · 320 Mont. 279
State v. Taylor · 2010 MT 94
State v. Wilson · 926 P.2d 712
State v. Weaver · 1998 MT 167
State v. Minez · 2003 MT 344
State v. Rinkenbach · 2003 MT 348
State v. Clary · 2012 MT 26
State v. Haagenson · 2010 MT 95
Town of Columbus v. Harrington · 2001 MT 258
State v. Hill · 2005 MT 216
State v. L. Akers · 2017 MT 311
State v. Brown · 1999 MT 31
State v. Newman · 2005 MT 348

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