West v. State

Decided April 16, 1986. Armis E. Hawkins wrote the opinion for the court.

485 So. 2d 681 · Cited 277 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.

• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
• State v. Smith · 420 P.2d 278
• Murphy v. State · 246 So. 2d 920
• Booker v. State · 449 So. 2d 209
• People v. Stout · 66 Cal. 2d 184
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Williams · 135 So. 2d 831
• Hawkins v. State · 80 So. 2d 1
• Lawler v. Skelton · 130 So. 2d 565
• Russell v. State · 226 Miss. 885
• Handshoe v. Daly · 211 Miss. 189
• Irving v. State · 361 So. 2d 1360
• Leatherwood v. State · 435 So. 2d 645
• Edwards v. State · 413 So. 2d 1007
• Grigsby v. Mabry · 569 F. Supp. 1273
• Williams v. State · 427 So. 2d 100
• Holifield v. State · 275 So. 2d 851
• Franks v. State · 574 S.W.2d 124
• Killingsworth v. State · 374 So. 2d 221
• Clark v. State · 260 So. 2d 445
• Showers v. State · 227 So. 2d 452
• Polk v. State · 417 So. 2d 930

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