State Supreme Court / Mont.

Vernon Kills on Top v. State

Decided November 25, 1996. Terry Trieweiler wrote the opinion for the court.

928 P.2d 182 · Cited 52 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.

State v. Vern Kills on Top · 793 P.2d 1273
State v. Gerald · 549 A.2d 792
Kills on Top v. State · 901 P.2d 1368
State v. Zimmerman · 573 P.2d 174
Fitzpatrick v. State · 194 Mont. 310
State v. Turner · 262 Mont. 39
State v. Bullock · 901 P.2d 61
State v. Middlebrooks · 840 S.W.2d 317
Interstate Production Credit Ass'n v. Desaye · 820 P.2d 1285
State v. Black · 798 P.2d 530
State v. Baker · 901 P.2d 54
State v. Keefe · 759 P.2d 128
State v. Coleman · 605 P.2d 1000
State v. McKenzie · 608 P.2d 428
State v. Perry · 758 P.2d 268
State v. Fitzpatrick · 186 Mont. 187
State v. Bower · 833 P.2d 1106
Coleman v. State · 633 P.2d 624
Porter v. Galarneau · 911 P.2d 1143
State v. Close · 623 P.2d 940
State v. Greeno · 342 P.2d 1052
State v. Lester Kills on Top · 787 P.2d 336
State v. Dawson · 761 P.2d 352
State v. Langford · 813 P.2d 936
State v. Sullivan · 880 P.2d 829

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State v. Sullivan · 948 P.2d 215
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State v. Rickman · 2008 MT 142
State v. Bruegger · 773 N.W.2d 862
Wyatt L. Bear Cloud · 2014 WY 113
Kafka v. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks · 348 Mont. 80
City of Billings v. Smith · 932 P.2d 1058
Bone v. State · 944 P.2d 734
State v. W. Cunningham · 2018 MT 56
State v. Andersen-Conway · 2007 MT 281
State v. Finley · 2002 MT 288
Lacey v. State · 2017 MT 18
State v. Allen · 2001 MT 266
Montgomery v. State of Montana · 2016 MT 169
Nava v. State · 2011 MT 77
Kafka v. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF FISH · 2008 MT 460
RACZ v. State · 222 P.3d 644
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