State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Sonnier

Decided January 28, 1980. Fred A. Blanche Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

379 So. 2d 1336 · Cited 139 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. Bell · 315 So. 2d 307
State v. Rogers · 132 So. 2d 819
State v. Passman · 345 So. 2d 874
Alford v. State · 307 So. 2d 433
State v. May · 339 So. 2d 764
State v. Monroe · 366 So. 2d 1345
State v. English · 367 So. 2d 815
State v. McIntyre · 365 So. 2d 1348
State v. Crochet · 354 So. 2d 1288
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
State v. Sheppard · 350 So. 2d 615
State v. Madison · 345 So. 2d 485
Prevatte v. State · 214 S.E.2d 365
State v. Clark · 340 So. 2d 208
State v. Qualls · 353 So. 2d 978
State v. Bluain · 315 So. 2d 749
State v. De La Beckwith · 344 So. 2d 360
State v. Stewart · 325 So. 2d 819
State v. Higginbotham · 261 So. 2d 638
State v. Calloway · 343 So. 2d 694
State v. McClure · 249 So. 2d 109
State v. Rideau · 137 So. 2d 283
State v. Hall · 236 So. 2d 489
State v. Link · 301 So. 2d 339
State v. Blanton · 312 So. 2d 329

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State v. Willie · 410 So. 2d 1019
State v. Berry · 391 So. 2d 406
State v. Frank · 803 So. 2d 1
Martin v. Blackburn · 521 F. Supp. 685
Baldwin v. Blackburn · 524 F. Supp. 332
State v. Hamilton · 127 So. 3d 76
State v. Bourque · 622 So. 2d 198
State v. Brown · 907 So. 2d 1
State v. Manning · 885 So. 2d 1044
State v. Burrell · 561 So. 2d 692
State v. Moore · 432 So. 2d 209
State v. Glass · 455 So. 2d 659
State v. Lavalais · 685 So. 2d 1048
State v. Clark · 387 So. 2d 1124
State v. Copeland · 419 So. 2d 899
State v. Arnold · 548 So. 2d 920
State v. Bourque · 699 So. 2d 1
State v. Jones · 639 So. 2d 1144
State v. Stewart · 458 So. 2d 1289
State v. Ramseur · 524 A.2d 188
State v. Wright · 445 So. 2d 1198

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