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State v. Read

Decided March 22, 1996. James L. Morse wrote the opinion for the court.

680 A.2d 944 · Cited 65 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. Jewett · 500 A.2d 233
Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568
State v. D'AMICO · 385 A.2d 1082
State v. Elwell · 303 A.2d 134
State v. Oren · 647 A.2d 1009
Benning v. State · 641 A.2d 757
State v. Cantrell · 558 A.2d 639
State v. Begins · 147 Vt. 45
State v. Porter · 671 A.2d 1280
Kpc Corporation v. the Book Press, Inc. · 636 A.2d 325
Commonwealth v. Mastrangelo · 414 A.2d 54
Shields v. Gerhart · 658 A.2d 924
State v. Kirchoff · 587 A.2d 988
State v. Cole · 554 A.2d 253
Thayer v. Herdt · 586 A.2d 1122
State v. Weber · 6 Conn. App. 407
City of Bismarck v. Schoppert · 469 N.W.2d 808
State v. Welch · 624 A.2d 1105
State v. Rogers · 638 A.2d 569
State v. Papazoni · 622 A.2d 501
State v. Arbeitman · 313 A.2d 17
State v. Wilcox · 628 A.2d 924
Grievance of Morrissey · 538 A.2d 678
Petitions of Davenport · 283 A.2d 452
State v. Forcier · 643 A.2d 1200

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State v. Baccala · 163 A.3d 1
State v. Amsden · 194 Vt. 128
State v. Albarelli · 2011 VT 24
State v. William Schenk · 190 A.3d 820
Long v. L'ESPERANCE · 701 A.2d 1048
State v. Colby · 2009 VT 28
Chittenden Town School District v. Department of Education · 738 A.2d 539
State of Vermont v. Christian J. Noll · 199 A.3d 1054
In Re GT · 758 A.2d 301
Clark v. Clark · 779 A.2d 42
In re Town of Killington · 176 Vt. 60
In re Estate of Cote · 176 Vt. 293
State v. Muscari · 807 A.2d 407
In Re Hinsdale Farm · 2004 VT 72
State v. Dixon · 725 A.2d 920
In re G.T. · 170 Vt. 507
Paul Flint v. Department of Labor · 177 A.3d 1080
State of Tennessee v. Teddy Ray Mitchell · 343 S.W.3d 381
State v. Jackowski · 181 Vt. 73
State v. Breed · 198 Vt. 574
In Re Grievance of Danforth · 812 A.2d 845
J.L. v. Miller · 817 A.2d 1
Green Mountain Power Corp. v. Sprint Communications · 779 A.2d 687

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