State Supreme Court / N.J.

State v. Sands

Decided May 1, 1978. Sydney Schreiber wrote the opinion for the court.

386 A.2d 378 · Cited 235 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. Sinclair · 269 A.2d 161
People v. Sandoval · 34 N.Y.2d 371
People v. Jackson · 217 N.W.2d 22
People v. Greer · 42 N.Y.2d 170
Commonwealth v. West · 258 N.E.2d 22
The People v. Montgomery · 268 N.E.2d 695
State v. Marquez · 160 Conn. 47
State v. Driscoll · 193 N.W.2d 851
Asato v. Furtado · 474 P.2d 288
State v. West · 173 N.W.2d 468
State v. Johnson · 323 A.2d 450
State v. Harless · 459 P.2d 210
State v. MacOn · 273 A.2d 1
State v. Laws · 233 A.2d 633
State v. Laws · 242 A.2d 333
Schmoll v. Creecy · 254 A.2d 525
State v. La Porte · 301 A.2d 146
State v. Martin · 217 N.W.2d 536
Donaldson v. Bd. of Ed. of No. Wildwood · 320 A.2d 857
State v. Garvin · 208 A.2d 402
State v. Monahan · 104 A.2d 21
Miller v. Bd. of Chosen Freeholders, Hudson County · 91 A.2d 729
State v. Mustacchio · 57 N.J. 265
State v. Gallicchio · 240 A.2d 166

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