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State v. Francis

Decided February 10, 1989. James L. Morse wrote the opinion for the court.

561 A.2d 392 · Cited 58 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. Ayers · 535 A.2d 330
State v. Roy · 557 A.2d 884
State v. Hamlin · 499 A.2d 45
State v. Kreth · 553 A.2d 554
State v. Trombly · 532 A.2d 963
State v. Audette · 543 A.2d 1315
State v. Bradley · 494 A.2d 129
Commonwealth v. Johnson · 396 N.E.2d 974
State v. Derrico · 181 Conn. 151
Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski · 461 N.E.2d 201
State v. Lapham · 377 A.2d 249
State v. Savo · 446 A.2d 786
State v. Billado · 446 A.2d 778
State v. Parker · 162 A. 696
State v. Phillips · 455 A.2d 325
State v. Hanson · 446 A.2d 372
State v. LeBlanc · 540 A.2d 1037
State v. Murphy · 262 A.2d 456
State v. McGrail · 134 Vt. 91
Holland v. United States · 348 U.S. 121
Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246
Miles v. United States · 103 U.S. 304
State v. Boswell · 294 S.E.2d 287
Barber v. Scully · 557 F. Supp. 1292

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State v. Sexton · 2006 VT 55
State v. Gabert · 564 A.2d 1356
State v. McGee · 655 A.2d 729
State v. Lamar Scales · 2017 VT 6
State v. Wright · 581 A.2d 720
State v. Powell · 608 A.2d 45
State v. Bourn · 192 Vt. 270
In re Carter · 176 Vt. 322
Caledonian-Record Publishing Co. v. Walton · 573 A.2d 296
State v. Neisner · 2010 VT 112
State v. Desautels · 180 Vt. 189
State v. Papazoni · 622 A.2d 501
O'BRIEN v. Island Corp. · 596 A.2d 1295
State v. Giroux · 561 A.2d 403
State v. Wilcox · 628 A.2d 924
Hartnett v. Union Mutual Fire Insurance · 569 A.2d 486
State v. Baker · 579 A.2d 479
State v. Myers · 2011 VT 43
State v. Lawton · 667 A.2d 50
State v. Matthew Webster · 179 A.3d 149
State v. Elkins · 580 A.2d 1200
State v. Verrinder · 637 A.2d 1382

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