Stephenson v. Carlton

Decided September 21, 2000. E Riley Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

28 S.W.3d 910 · Cited 352 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. Stephenson · 878 S.W.2d 530
• Taylor v. State · 995 S.W.2d 78
• State v. Cauthern · 967 S.W.2d 726
• McConnell v. State · 12 S.W.3d 795
• Archer v. State · 851 S.W.2d 157
• State v. Burkhart · 566 S.W.2d 871

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