State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Higley

Decided December 17, 1980. Frank I. Haswell wrote the opinion for the court.

190 Mont. 412 · Cited 55 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. Caryl · 543 P.2d 389
State v. Ballew · 532 P.2d 407
State v. Greeno · 342 P.2d 1052
State v. Dunn · 472 P.2d 288
Martinez v. State · 423 P.2d 700
State v. Lara · 587 P.2d 930
State v. Hamilton · 605 P.2d 1121
State v. Lewis · 582 P.2d 346
State v. Kirkaldie · 587 P.2d 1298
State v. Smith · 609 P.2d 696
State v. Johnson · 424 P.2d 728
State v. Pecora · 619 P.2d 173
State v. McKenzie · 608 P.2d 428
State Ex Rel. Greely v. District Court · 590 P.2d 1104
State v. McKenzie · 608 P.2d 425
State Ex Rel. Olson v. District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District · 602 P.2d 1002

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State v. Ayers · 2003 MT 114
State v. DeSalvo · 903 P.2d 202
State v. Robison · 2003 MT 198
State v. DuBray · 2003 MT 255
State v. Colburn · 2016 MT 41
State v. H. Vaska · 2025 MT 168
State v. Pease · 740 P.2d 659
Sloan v. State · 768 P.2d 1365
State v. Farnsworth · 783 P.2d 1365
State v. Sor-Lokken · 803 P.2d 638
State v. Redcrow · 790 P.2d 449
State v. Fitzgerald · 776 P.2d 1222
State v. Charlo-Whitworth · 2016 MT 157
State v. Blain Southern · 1999 MT 94
State v. B. Daffin · 2017 MT 76
State v. Passmore · 2010 MT 34
State v. Ahmed · 924 P.2d 679
State v. Lundrlade · 191 Mont. 526
State v. Camitsch · 626 P.2d 1250
State v. Lally · 2008 MT 452
St. Germain v. State · 2012 MT 86
State v. Lamb · 646 P.2d 516

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