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State v. Needs

Decided November 23, 1998. John H. Waller wrote the opinion for the court.

508 S.E.2d 857 · Cited 76 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. Manning · 409 S.E.2d 372
State v. Raffaldt · 456 S.E.2d 390
State v. Torrence · 406 S.E.2d 315
State v. Byram · 485 S.E.2d 360
Commonwealth v. Goldblum · 447 A.2d 234
State v. Hoffman · 440 S.E.2d 869
State v. Irvin · 243 S.E.2d 195
State v. Whipple · 476 S.E.2d 683
State v. Green · 230 S.E.2d 618
State v. Adams · 470 S.E.2d 366
State v. Patterson · 482 S.E.2d 760
State v. Johnson · 410 S.E.2d 547
State v. Littlejohn · 89 S.E.2d 924
State v. Smith · 446 S.E.2d 411
State v. Thrift · 440 S.E.2d 341
State v. Tucker · 462 S.E.2d 263
State v. Epes · 39 S.E.2d 769
State v. Riddick · 340 S.E.2d 422
State v. Craig · 227 S.E.2d 306
State v. Grippon · 489 S.E.2d 462
State v. Robinson · 409 S.E.2d 404
State v. Huggins · 481 S.E.2d 114
Riddle v. State · 443 S.E.2d 557
State v. Atkins · 399 S.E.2d 760
State v. Longworth · 438 S.E.2d 219

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