State Supreme Court / N.M.

Swafford v. State

Decided May 1, 1991. Richard E. Ransom wrote the opinion for the court.

810 P.2d 1223 · Cited 537 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
Commonwealth Ex Rel. Moszczynski v. Ashe · 21 A.2d 920
Prince v. United States · 352 U.S. 322
State v. Vladovic · 662 P.2d 853
State v. McGuire · 795 P.2d 996
State v. Quintana · 364 P.2d 120
Herron v. State · 805 P.2d 624
State v. Stephens · 601 P.2d 428
Morgan v. Devine · 237 U.S. 632
Ebeling v. Morgan · 237 U.S. 625
People v. Robideau · 355 N.W.2d 592
State v. Segotta · 672 P.2d 1129
State v. Tanton · 540 P.2d 813
State v. Prince · 189 P.2d 993
State v. DeMary · 655 P.2d 1021
State v. Blackwell · 415 P.2d 563
State v. Cawley · 799 P.2d 574
State v. Gillihan · 524 P.2d 1335
State v. Hargrove · 771 P.2d 166
State v. Smith · 610 P.2d 1208

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