State Supreme Court / N.C.

State v. Smith

Decided May 6, 1980. David M. Britt wrote the opinion for the court.

265 S.E.2d 164 · Cited 753 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. Powell · 178 S.E.2d 417
State v. Witherspoon · 237 S.E.2d 822
State v. Evans · 183 S.E.2d 540
State v. Johnson · 185 S.E.2d 698
State v. Fulcher · 243 S.E.2d 338
Thompson v. Wake County Board of Education · 233 S.E.2d 538
State v. Atkinson · 167 S.E.2d 241
State v. Pope · 126 S.E.2d 126
State v. Bolin · 189 S.E.2d 235
State v. Goss · 235 S.E.2d 844
State v. Cooper · 77 S.E.2d 695
State v. McNeely · 94 S.E.2d 853
Tyndall Ex Rel. Tyndall v. Harvey C. Hines Co. · 39 S.E.2d 828
State v. Watson · 214 S.E.2d 85
State v. Robinson · 194 S.E.2d 811
State v. Pearce · 250 S.E.2d 640
State v. Allred · 183 S.E.2d 553
State v. Perry · 144 S.E.2d 591
State v. Lester · 221 S.E.2d 268
State v. Ferrell · 265 S.E.2d 210
Andrews v. Andrews · 92 S.E.2d 180
State v. Poole · 203 S.E.2d 786
State v. McCotter · 217 S.E.2d 525
In Re Will of Bartlett · 70 S.E.2d 482
State v. Hicks · 290 N.C. 767

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