State Supreme Court / Mont.

State v. West

Decided October 9, 2008. James C. Nelson wrote the opinion for the court.

2008 MT 338 · Cited 78 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. Finley · 915 P.2d 208
State v. Rosling · 2008 MT 62
State v. Buck · 2006 MT 81
State v. Bennett · 36 Kan. App. 2d 381
State v. Flemming · 907 P.2d 496
Barker v. State · 479 N.W.2d 275
Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455
Day v. Payne · 929 P.2d 864
State v. Langley · 711 So. 2d 651
State v. Ariegwe · 2007 MT 204
State v. Gallagher · 2001 MT 39
State v. Kotwicki · 2007 MT 17
State v. Daniels · 2003 MT 247
State v. Garrymore · 2006 MT 245
State v. Brister · 2002 MT 13
State v. Clark · 1998 MT 221
State v. Tracy · 2005 MT 128
Davis v. State · 2008 MT 226
State v. Weaver · 2008 MT 86
State v. Finley · 2003 MT 239
State v. Wayne Spotted Blanket · 1998 MT 59
State v. LaFreniere · 2008 MT 99
State v. Southwick · 2007 MT 257
State v. Paoni · 2006 MT 26
State v. Rudolph · 2005 MT 41

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State v. Edmundson · 2014 MT 12
Bates v. Neva · 2013 MT 246
City of Billings v. Spear · 430 P.3d 1015
State v. White · 2008 MT 464
State v. Donald P. Rogers · 2013 MT 221
State v. Mitchell · 2012 MT 227
State v. Carnes · 2015 MT 101
State v. Taylor · 2010 MT 94
State v. Passmore · 2010 MT 34
State v. Thorp · 2010 MT 92
State v. Bobby Cooksey · 2012 MT 226
State v. Essig · 2009 MT 340
State v. Holt · 2011 MT 42
State v. Lally · 2008 MT 452
State v. Belanus · 2010 MT 204
State v. Wilson · 2011 MT 277
State v. Haagenson · 2010 MT 95
State v. Simpson · 2014 MT 175
In re J.S.W. · 369 Mont. 12
State v. Gerstner · 2009 MT 303
Jack Thibodeau v. Joseph Bechtold · 2008 MT 412

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