Supreme Court of Missouri· 10/20/1998
State v. Burns
Citations
- 978 S.W.2d 759
- 1998 Mo. LEXIS 73
- 1998 WL 727531
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Where the language of the statute is clear, courts must give effect to the language used by the legislature.”
- \This Court is bound to adopt any reasonable reading of the statute that will allow its validity and to resolve any doubts in favor of constitutionality\
- courts are obligated to follow and apply the law as written
- statutes are presumed to be constitutional
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Judges: Covington
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64 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- People v. FalsettaCalifornia Supreme Court· 1999-11-01· cited 703×
- People v. DonohoIllinois Supreme Court· 2003-04-03· cited 617×
- State v. MooreSupreme Court of Missouri· 2010-01-26· cited 76×
- State v. DowellMissouri Court of Appeals· 2000-08-22· cited 70×
- State Ex Rel. Linthicum v. CalvinSupreme Court of Missouri· 2001-10-23· cited 69×
- State v. WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals· 2000-05-30· cited 59×
- American Standard Insurance Co. v. HargraveSupreme Court of Missouri· 2000-12-05· cited 58×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri· 2000-12-05· cited 57×
- State v. VorheesSupreme Court of Missouri· 2008-02-19· cited 47×
- State v. EllisonSupreme Court of Missouri· 2007-12-04· cited 42×
- State v. BartonSupreme Court of Missouri· 1999-08-03· cited 40×
- State v. ChismMissouri Court of Appeals· 2008-02-19· cited 36×
- State v. PenningtonMissouri Court of Appeals· 2000-06-27· cited 35×
- State of Missouri v. Tawanda KunongaMissouri Court of Appeals· 2016-03-29· cited 35×
- State v. DanikasMissouri Court of Appeals· 1999-12-28· cited 25×
- State v. GilyardSupreme Court of Missouri· 1998-10-20· cited 24×
- State v. TurnerMissouri Court of Appeals· 2008-01-16· cited 22×
- State v. BeineSupreme Court of Missouri· 2005-05-31· cited 22×
- State v. TyraMissouri Court of Appeals· 2005-01-21· cited 21×
- State v. TaylorMissouri Court of Appeals· 2005-07-05· cited 20×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals· 1901-10-15· cited 2,413×
- State v. ReeseSupreme Court of Missouri· 1954-12-13· cited 285×
- State v. BernardSupreme Court of Missouri· 1993-02-23· cited 262×
- Mahoney v. Doerhoff Surgical Services, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-04-09· cited 184×
- State v. HolbertSupreme Court of Missouri· 1967-06-12· cited 108×
- Kearney Special Road District v. County of ClaySupreme Court of Missouri· 1993-10-26· cited 55×
- State v. SpraySupreme Court of Missouri· 1903-05-19· cited 51×
- State Ex Rel. McClellan v. GodfreySupreme Court of Missouri· 1975-02-21· cited 30×
- State v. WellmanSupreme Court of Missouri· 1913-12-09· cited 26×
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