Tokman v. State

Decided June 1, 1983. Neville Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

435 So. 2d 664 · Cited 262 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Bullock v. State · 391 So. 2d 601
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Jones v. State · 381 So. 2d 983
• Smith v. State · 419 So. 2d 563
• Reddix v. State · 381 So. 2d 999
• Myers v. State · 254 So. 2d 891
• Hill v. State · 432 So. 2d 427
• Jordan v. State · 365 So. 2d 1198
• Voyles v. State · 362 So. 2d 1236
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• King v. State · 421 So. 2d 1009
• Wheat v. State · 420 So. 2d 229
• Pruett v. State · 431 So. 2d 1101
• Shanklin v. State · 290 So. 2d 625
• Armstrong v. State · 214 So. 2d 589

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Wiley v. State · 484 So. 2d 339
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Stringer v. State · 454 So. 2d 468
• Billiot v. State · 454 So. 2d 445
• Holland v. State · 705 So. 2d 307
• Cabello v. State · 471 So. 2d 332
• Nixon v. State · 533 So. 2d 1078
• Pinkney v. State · 538 So. 2d 329
• Davis v. State · 684 So. 2d 643
• Faraga v. State · 514 So. 2d 295
• State v. Tokman · 564 So. 2d 1339
• Neal v. Swaby · 975 So. 2d 431
• Branch v. State · 882 So. 2d 36
• Clemons v. Mississippi · 494 U.S. 738
• Neal v. State · 451 So. 2d 743
• Hansen v. State · 592 So. 2d 114
• Ballenger v. State · 667 So. 2d 1242
• Chase v. State · 645 So. 2d 829
• Conner v. State · 632 So. 2d 1239
• Evans v. State · 725 So. 2d 613
• Carr v. State · 655 So. 2d 824
• Davis v. State · 660 So. 2d 1228
• MacK v. State · 650 So. 2d 1289
• Johnson v. State · 477 So. 2d 196

Explore from here

Neville Patterson’s Judicial Record · Miss. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).