State Supreme Court / La.

State v. Tompkins

Decided June 22, 1981. Harry T. Lemmon wrote the opinion for the court.

403 So. 2d 644 · Cited 138 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.

Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
State v. George · 371 So. 2d 762
State v. Stanford · 15 So. 2d 817
State v. Byrd · 385 So. 2d 248
State v. Jones · 381 So. 2d 416
State v. Marse · 365 So. 2d 1319
State v. Peterson · 290 So. 2d 307
State v. Taylor · 347 So. 2d 172
State v. Patterson · 295 So. 2d 792
State v. McAllister · 366 So. 2d 1340
State v. Marmillion · 339 So. 2d 788
State v. Temple · 394 So. 2d 259
State v. Lovett · 359 So. 2d 163
State v. Statum · 390 So. 2d 886
State v. Matthews · 380 So. 2d 43
State v. Western · 355 So. 2d 1314
State v. Malmay · 24 So. 2d 869

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