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Williams v. State

Decided October 15, 1997. Lawrence Meyers wrote the opinion for the court.

958 S.W.2d 186 · Cited 716 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.

Rey v. State · 897 S.W.2d 333
Long v. State · 823 S.W.2d 259
Allridge v. State · 850 S.W.2d 471
State v. Barnett · 909 S.W.2d 423
Brooks v. State · 385 S.E.2d 81
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Chambers v. State · 866 S.W.2d 9
Sonnier v. State · 913 S.W.2d 511
State v. Michael Apelt · 861 P.2d 634
De Freece v. State · 848 S.W.2d 150
State v. Ballard · 428 S.E.2d 178
People v. Loyer · 425 N.W.2d 714
Arnold v. Higa · 600 P.2d 1383
Montgomery v. State · 810 S.W.2d 372
Santellan v. State · 939 S.W.2d 155
McFarland v. State · 845 S.W.2d 824
Webb v. State · 760 S.W.2d 263
Keeton v. State · 724 S.W.2d 58
Ransom v. State · 920 S.W.2d 288
Ramirez v. State · 815 S.W.2d 636
Martinez v. State · 924 S.W.2d 693
Gibbs v. State · 819 S.W.2d 821
Green v. State · 906 S.W.2d 937
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing v. Baker · 989 S.W.2d 151
State v. Floody · 481 N.W.2d 242

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