State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Ortiz

Decided October 21, 1997. Walter F. Marcus Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

701 So. 2d 922 · Cited 287 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. Holmes · 388 So. 2d 722
State v. Lavalais · 685 So. 2d 1048
State v. West · 568 So. 2d 1019
People v. Harris · 338 N.E.2d 129
State v. Tolley · 226 S.E.2d 672
Damico v. State · 16 So. 2d 43
People v. Castile · 339 N.E.2d 366
State v. Smith · 600 So. 2d 1319
State v. Narcisse · 426 So. 2d 118
State v. Porretto · 468 So. 2d 1142
State v. Graham · 422 So. 2d 123
State v. Martin · 645 So. 2d 190
State v. Byrd · 385 So. 2d 248
State v. Johnson · 438 So. 2d 1091
Smith v. State · 477 N.E.2d 857
State v. Seward · 509 So. 2d 413
State v. Dominick · 354 So. 2d 1316
State v. Kimble · 375 So. 2d 924
State v. Lozier · 375 So. 2d 1333
State v. Sylvester · 388 So. 2d 1155
State v. Velez · 588 So. 2d 116
State v. Irvine · 535 So. 2d 365
State v. Lockhart · 438 So. 2d 1089
State v. Fleming · 574 So. 2d 486
State v. Ester · 458 So. 2d 1357

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