State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. Riley

Decided September 9, 1982. John C. Sheehy wrote the opinion for the court.

649 P.2d 1273 · Cited 66 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. Powers · 645 P.2d 1357
State v. Jones · 387 P.2d 913
State v. Coleman · 579 P.2d 732
The People v. Richardson · 207 N.E.2d 478
State v. Jackson · 589 P.2d 1009
State v. Azure · 591 P.2d 1125
State v. Frates · 160 Mont. 431
The PEOPLE v. Johnson · 221 N.E.2d 662
State v. Farnes · 558 P.2d 472
State v. House · 489 P.2d 381
State v. McKenzie · 608 P.2d 428
State v. Hoffman · 639 P.2d 507
State v. Trombley · 620 P.2d 367
State v. Casagranda · 637 P.2d 826
State v. Brubaker · 625 P.2d 78

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State v. Little · 861 P.2d 154
State v. Weinberger · 665 P.2d 202
State v. Ungaretti · 779 P.2d 923
State v. Davis · 830 P.2d 1309
State v. Ryan · 444 N.W.2d 610
State v. Derbyshire · 2009 MT 27
State v. Aakre · 2002 MT 101
State v. D.B.S. · 216 Mont. 234
State v. Madera · 670 P.2d 552
State Ex Rel. Mazurek v. District Court of Montana Fourth Judicial District · 922 P.2d 474
State v. Langford · 882 P.2d 490
State v. Sigler · 688 P.2d 749
State v. Turner · 262 Mont. 39
State v. Byers · 861 P.2d 860
State v. Doll · 692 P.2d 473
State v. Wing · 870 P.2d 1368
State v. Canon · 687 P.2d 705
State v. Gillham · 670 P.2d 544

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