State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Mills

Decided February 20, 1956. Frank W. HAWTHORNE wrote the opinion for the court.

86 So. 2d 895 · Cited 54 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. Paternostro · 68 So. 2d 767
State v. Jouvet · 224 La. 15
State v. Poe · 38 So. 2d 359
State v. Simpson · 43 So. 2d 585
State v. Labat · 75 So. 2d 333
State v. Nicolosi · 81 So. 2d 771
State v. Carter · 46 So. 2d 897
State v. Scheuering · 76 So. 2d 921
State v. Paternostro · 73 So. 2d 177
State v. Heiman · 79 So. 2d 78
State v. Wilde · 38 So. 2d 72
State v. Ezell · 179 So. 64
State v. Sheffield · 10 So. 2d 894
State v. Dominguez · 82 So. 2d 12
Boynton v. State Ex Rel. Mincer · 75 So. 2d 211

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Carvell v. Winn · 154 So. 2d 788
Grosso v. United States · 390 U.S. 62
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State v. Bay · 529 So. 2d 845
State v. Alexander · 211 So. 2d 650
State v. Crothers · 278 So. 2d 12
State v. Washington · 236 So. 2d 23
State v. Eubanks · 94 So. 2d 262
State v. Copling · 135 So. 2d 271
State v. Wilson · 127 So. 2d 158
State v. Garrison · 154 So. 2d 400
State v. Kelly · 112 So. 2d 674
State v. Ford · 99 So. 2d 320
Perry v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 283
State v. Smith · 231 La. 649
State v. Callia · 229 La. 796
State v. Anderson · 259 So. 2d 310
State v. Minor · 129 So. 2d 10

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