State Supreme Court / Ga.

Valenzuela v. Newsome

Decided January 30, 1985. Charles L. Weltner wrote the opinion for the court.

325 S.E.2d 370 · Cited 59 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.

Valenzuela v. State · 277 S.E.2d 56
Rivers v. State · 298 S.E.2d 1
Young v. Ricketts · 250 S.E.2d 404
Stynchcombe v. Floyd · 311 S.E.2d 828
Devoe v. State · 292 S.E.2d 72
Bankston v. State · 309 S.E.2d 369

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