State v. Pettit

Decided September 22, 1989. Thomas Michael Shanahan wrote the opinion for the court.

445 N.W.2d 890 · Cited 60 times

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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. Rincker · 423 N.W.2d 434
• State v. Worley · 132 N.W.2d 764
• State v. Batiste · 437 N.W.2d 125
• State v. Pierce · 439 N.W.2d 435
• People v. Brubaker · 53 Cal. 2d 37
• State v. Hutter · 145 Neb. 798
• State v. Drew · 344 N.W.2d 923
• State v. Watkins · 419 N.W.2d 660
• Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246
• State v. Lopez · 442 P.2d 594
• State v. Bachkora · 427 N.W.2d 71
• Commonwealth v. Pitts · 404 A.2d 1305
• State v. Schott · 384 N.W.2d 620
• State v. Douglas · 388 N.W.2d 801
• Searles v. State · 589 P.2d 386
• Barrett v. Commonwealth · 341 S.E.2d 190
• Burns v. Veterans of Foreign Wars · 438 N.W.2d 485
• State v. Craig · 361 N.W.2d 206
• State v. Cox · 437 N.W.2d 134
• State v. Hoffman · 416 N.W.2d 231
• State v. Rowe · 335 N.W.2d 309
• State v. Cooper · 159 S.E.2d 305
• State v. Jennings · 722 P.2d 258
• Anderson v. Farm Bureau Ins. Co. of Nebraska · 360 N.W.2d 488
• Mustion v. Ealy · 266 N.W.2d 730

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• State v. Jones · 515 N.W.2d 654
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• State v. Morrow · 467 N.W.2d 63
• State v. Anderson · 511 N.W.2d 174
• State v. Grimes · 519 N.W.2d 507
• State v. Ruisi · 616 N.W.2d 19
• State v. Blackson · 515 N.W.2d 773
• State v. Burlison · 583 N.W.2d 31
• State v. Reynolds · 457 N.W.2d 405
• State v. Ring · 447 N.W.2d 908
• State v. Myers · 510 N.W.2d 58
• State v. Thompson · 507 N.W.2d 253
• State v. Juhl · 449 N.W.2d 202
• State v. Twohig · 469 N.W.2d 344
• Jensen v. Archbishop Bergan Mercy Hospital · 459 N.W.2d 178
• State v. Boppre · 503 N.W.2d 526
• State v. McCormick · 518 N.W.2d 133
• Renne v. Moser · 490 N.W.2d 193
• State v. Schaaf · 449 N.W.2d 762
• State v. Zitterkopf · 463 N.W.2d 616
• State v. Ryan · 543 N.W.2d 128
• State v. Dean · 464 N.W.2d 782
• State v. Sinica · 277 Neb. 629
• State v. Davis · 757 N.W.2d 367
• State v. Divis · 589 N.W.2d 537

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