State Supreme Court / Minn.

State v. Watkins

Decided December 4, 2013. Christopher J. Dietzen wrote the opinion for the court.

840 N.W.2d 21 · Cited 53 times

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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. Hall · 722 N.W.2d 472
State v. Mahkuk · 736 N.W.2d 675
State v. Jacobson · 697 N.W.2d 610
Johnson v. United States · 520 U.S. 461
State v. Griller · 583 N.W.2d 736
State v. Colvin · 645 N.W.2d 449
State v. Oman · 261 Minn. 10
Tumey v. Ohio · 273 U.S. 510
Waller v. Georgia · 467 U.S. 39
State v. Watkins · 820 N.W.2d 264
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
State v. Koppi · 798 N.W.2d 358
Staab v. Diocese of St. Cloud · 813 N.W.2d 68
State v. Matthews · 779 N.W.2d 543
State v. Crowsbreast · 629 N.W.2d 433
State v. Logan · 535 N.W.2d 320
State v. Scruggs · 822 N.W.2d 631
In re the Welfare of J.J.P. · 831 N.W.2d 260
State v. Matthews · 800 N.W.2d 629
State v. Finnegan · 784 N.W.2d 243

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State v. Mikulak · 903 N.W.2d 600
State of Minnesota v. Thomas Raymond Struzyk · 869 N.W.2d 280
State of Minnesota v. Timothy John Huber · 877 N.W.2d 519
State of Minnesota v. Antonio Dion Washington-Davis · 881 N.W.2d 531
State of Minnesota v. Don Antoine Jones · 848 N.W.2d 528
State v. Griffin · 846 N.W.2d 93
State v. Zinski · 927 N.W.2d 272
State v. Winbush · 912 N.W.2d 678
State of Minnesota v. Thomas Joseph Shane · 883 N.W.2d 606
State v. Longo · 909 N.W.2d 599

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