State Supreme Court / N.M.

State v. Nance

Decided October 10, 1966. Merrill Emmett Noble wrote the opinion for the court.

419 P.2d 242 · Cited 119 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.

Huffman v. Alexander · 253 P.2d 289
Paulos v. Janetakos · 129 P.2d 636
Sealfon v. United States · 332 U.S. 575
State v. Ochoa · 72 P.2d 609
C. De Baca v. Baca · 388 P.2d 392
State v. Humphrey · 210 S.W.2d 1002
Gorum v. State · 63 P.2d 765
State v. Southern Pac. Co. · 281 P. 29
Barber v. Gladden · 332 P.2d 641
State v. Johnson · 195 P.2d 1017
Hahn v. Sorgen · 171 P.2d 308
Janney v. Fullroe, Inc. · 144 P.2d 145
People v. Gilpin · 38 Cal. App. 2d 24
State v. Grissom · 298 P. 666
State v. Aragon · 234 P.2d 358
Parnell v. State · 250 P.2d 474
Hopkins v. State · 130 P.2d 543
Howell v. Bennett · 103 N.W.2d 94
Patton v. State · 143 S.E.2d 518

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