State Supreme Court / N.C.

State v. Spencer

Decided May 13, 1970. J. Frank Huskins wrote the opinion for the court.

173 S.E.2d 765 · Cited 112 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. Perry · 103 S.E.2d 404
State v. Brown · 156 S.E.2d 272
State v. Wright · 163 S.E.2d 897
State v. Covington · 128 S.E.2d 822
State v. Morris · 165 S.E.2d 245
State v. Ray · 164 S.E.2d 457
State v. Wilson · 137 S.E.2d 109
Whitus v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 545
Reece v. Georgia · 350 U.S. 85
Eubanks v. Louisiana · 356 U.S. 584
Young v. . Whitehall Co. · 49 S.E.2d 797
State v. Lowry · 139 S.E.2d 870
Watson Industries, Inc. v. Shaw · 69 S.E.2d 505
State v. Yoes · 157 S.E.2d 386
State v. Pardon · 157 S.E.2d 698
Hobbs v. County of Moore · 149 S.E.2d 1
State v. . Humphries · 186 S.E. 473
Miller v. State · 74 S.E.2d 513
Underwood v. Howland · 164 S.E.2d 2
State v. Speller · 53 S.E.2d 294
State v. Stafford · 164 S.E.2d 371
State v. Pinyatello · 158 S.E.2d 596
State v. Ross · 157 S.E.2d 712
State v. Pearce · 145 S.E.2d 918
State v. . Whitehurst · 193 S.E. 657

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State v. Smith · 323 S.E.2d 316
State v. Coats · 194 S.E.2d 366
Self ex rel. Self v. Dixon · 39 N.C. App. 679
State v. Murrell · 18 N.C. App. 327
State v. Harbison · 238 S.E.2d 449
State v. Williams · 254 S.E.2d 649
State v. Carawan · 80 N.C. App. 151
State v. Godwin · 187 S.E.2d 400
State v. Harvey · 187 S.E.2d 706
In Re Inquiry Concerning Judge Hardy · 240 S.E.2d 367
State v. Brinson · 177 S.E.2d 398
State v. Hough · 262 S.E.2d 268
State v. Speights · 185 S.E.2d 152
Vogel v. Reed Supply Company · 177 S.E.2d 273
Vogel v. Reed Supply Company · 177 S.E.2d 273
Blackledge v. Perry · 417 U.S. 21
Colten v. Kentucky · 407 U.S. 104
State v. Hardy · 235 S.E.2d 828
Matter of Banks · 244 S.E.2d 386
Stevenson v. City of Durham · 188 S.E.2d 281
State v. Avery · 337 S.E.2d 786
Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Chantos · 238 S.E.2d 597
State v. Cameron · 200 S.E.2d 186
State v. Avery · 261 S.E.2d 803
State v. Hart · 213 S.E.2d 291

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