Stringer v. State

Decided August 15, 1984. Francis S. Bowling wrote the opinion for the court.

454 So. 2d 468 · Cited 648 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.

• Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Tokman v. State · 435 So. 2d 664
• Dozier v. State · 157 So. 2d 798
• Wood v. Gulf States Capital Corporation · 217 So. 2d 257
• Affronti v. United States · 350 U.S. 79
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Cannaday v. State · 455 So. 2d 713
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563
• Edwards v. State · 441 So. 2d 84
• Jordan v. State · 365 So. 2d 1198
• Voyles v. State · 362 So. 2d 1236
• Reddix v. State · 381 So. 2d 999
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• King v. State · 421 So. 2d 1009
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• Wheat v. State · 420 So. 2d 229
• Pruett v. State · 431 So. 2d 1101
• Dycus v. State · 440 So. 2d 246

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• Stringer v. Black · 503 U.S. 222
• Blue v. State · 674 So. 2d 1184
• Foster v. State · 687 So. 2d 1124
• Stringer v. Scroggy · 675 F. Supp. 356
• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• Moffett v. State · 156 So. 3d 835
• Branch v. State · 882 So. 2d 36
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Conner v. State · 632 So. 2d 1239
• Simmons v. State · 805 So. 2d 452
• State v. Tokman · 564 So. 2d 1339
• Wiley v. State · 484 So. 2d 339
• Jones v. State · 962 So. 2d 1263
• Smith v. State · 877 So. 2d 369
• Easter v. State · 878 So. 2d 10
• Murphy v. State · 800 So. 2d 525
• Blanch v. State · 760 So. 2d 820
• Feemster v. State · 763 So. 2d 198
• Gardner v. State · 792 So. 2d 1000
• Nichols v. State · 868 So. 2d 355
• Reginald Barnes v. State of Mississippi
• Patrick Newell a/k/a Patrick Latrelle Newell v. State of Mississippi
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• Doss v. State · 709 So. 2d 369

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