State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Gatlin

Decided April 24, 1961. E. Howard MCCALEB wrote the opinion for the court.

129 So. 2d 4 · Cited 59 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. Nomey · 16 So. 2d 226
State v. La Borde · 99 So. 2d 11
State v. Melerine · 109 So. 2d 454
State ex rel. Wright v. Barney · 133 Neb. 676
State v. Domino · 102 So. 2d 227
State v. McLean · 44 So. 2d 698
State v. Sbisa · 95 So. 2d 619
State v. Doucet · 5 So. 2d 894
State v. Martinez · 10 So. 2d 712
State v. Wooderson · 34 So. 2d 369
State v. Wilson · 198 So. 889
State v. Harrell · 93 So. 2d 684
State v. Tucker · 15 So. 2d 854
State v. Brown · 70 So. 2d 96
State v. Crovetto · 229 La. 793
State v. Linkletter · 120 So. 2d 835
State v. La Nasa · 229 La. 842
State v. Quinn · 37 So. 2d 821

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