State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Jones

Decided June 20, 1985. Harry T. Lemmon wrote the opinion for the court.

474 So. 2d 919 · Cited 158 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. Williams · 392 So. 2d 619
State v. Willie · 410 So. 2d 1019
State v. Knighton · 436 So. 2d 1141
State v. Loyd · 459 So. 2d 498
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Stilson v. United States · 250 U.S. 583
State v. Monroe · 397 So. 2d 1258
State v. Brogdon · 426 So. 2d 158
State v. Myles · 389 So. 2d 12
State v. James · 431 So. 2d 399
State v. McDonald · 387 So. 2d 1116
State v. Smith · 437 So. 2d 802
State v. Captville · 448 So. 2d 676
State v. Smith · 430 So. 2d 31
State v. Brogdon · 457 So. 2d 616
State v. Wilson · 467 So. 2d 503
State v. Flowers · 441 So. 2d 707
State v. Williams · 383 So. 2d 369
Grigsby v. Mabry · 569 F. Supp. 1273
State v. Rault · 445 So. 2d 1203
State v. Sonnier · 402 So. 2d 650
State v. Sonnier · 380 So. 2d 1
State v. Perry · 420 So. 2d 139
State v. Berry · 391 So. 2d 406
State v. Mattheson · 407 So. 2d 1150

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