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State of Idaho v. Robert Dean Hall
State of Idaho v. Robert Dean Hall, 387 P.3d 81 (Idaho 2016): Idaho Supreme Court decision affirming Robert Dean Hall's second-degree murder conviction for the 2011 shooting of Emmett Corrigan and upholding ICJI 1517 self-defense jury instructions over a justifiable-homicide instruction request.
State of Ji
The State of Ji (纪国) was a Jiang-surname marquisate of the Spring and Autumn period in Shandong, remembered for its long feud with neighboring Qi, which destroyed it.
State of Jin
The State of Jin (晋国) was a powerful Chinese vassal state of the Spring and Autumn period, eventually partitioned into the three states of Han, Zhao, and Wei.
State of Ju
The State of Ju (莒国) was a small aristocratic state of the Zhou dynasty in what is now Shandong province, China, destroyed by Chu in 431 BC.
State of Kadı Burhan al-Din
The State of Kadı Burhan al-Din (Kadi Burhaneddin Devleti) was a principality in central Anatolia founded in 1381 by Kadi Burhaneddin Ahmed, with Sivas and Kayseri as its centers.
State of Katanga
State of Katanga (État du Katanga, Inchi Ya Katanga): unrecognized secessionist state in the Congo, proclaimed 11 July 1960 by Moïse Tshombe with Union Minière and Belgian backing, ended by UN forces at Kolwezi, 14 January 1963.
State of Lai
The State of Lai (莱国) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state in eastern Shandong, founded by the Lai Yi people and destroyed by Qi in 567 BC.
State of Lu
The State of Lu (鲁国) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state centered at Qufu in present-day Shandong, whose chronicle the Spring and Autumn Annals named an entire era.
State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará
The State of Maranhão and Grão-Pará was an independent administrative state of Portuguese America. It was created in 1620 and later divided in 1772 into two separate states.
State of matter
A state of matter, also called a physical state or phase, is a distinct form matter can take; the common states are solid, liquid, gas, and plasma.
State of Mexico
State of Mexico (Estado de México, Edomex): Mexican federal entity erected 2 March 1824 with capital at Toluca; originally covered Hidalgo, Morelos, Guerrero, and Mexico City before 19th-century dismemberment; now the federation's most populous state.
State of Mind (group)
State of Mind is a New Zealand drum and bass duo from Auckland, formed around 2004 by Patrick Hawkins and Stuart Maxwell, known for hard-hitting tracks.
State of Mind Ventures (SOMV)
State of Mind Ventures (SOMV) is an Israeli early-stage venture capital firm in Herzliya, founded around 2016 by Pinchas Buchris, Yuval Baharav, and Nir Adler.
State of nature
State of nature: a political-philosophy thought experiment imagining life without government, central to Hobbes (war of all against all), Locke (law of reason, limited government), and Rousseau (innocent nature corrupted by society).
State of Origin results and statistics
State of Origin results and statistics: Queensland vs New South Wales rugby league series since 8 July 1980. Queensland leads 27 series and 73 matches to NSW's 18 and 63; first game won 20-10 at Lang Park.
State of Origin series
State of Origin series: annual three-game NSW Blues vs Queensland Maroons rugby league series, begun 8 July 1980 at Lang Park (Queensland 20-10), birth-state eligibility, not Test caps.
State of Palestine (دولة فلسطين)
State of Palestine (دولة فلسطين), state proclaimed 15 November 1988 in Algiers claiming the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza; UN non-member observer state since 2012, recognized by nearly 150 UN members, ICC state party, territory under Israeli occupation ruled unlawful by the ICJ in 2024.
State of Pasundan
The State of Pasundan (Negara Pasundan) was a federal state in West Java, established by the Dutch in 1948 during the Indonesian National Revolution and dissolved in 1950 into the Republic of Indonesia.
State of Play (film)
State of Play (2009) is a Kevin Macdonald political thriller starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Helen Mirren, adapted from Paul Abbott's 2003 BBC miniseries; a reporter probes a congressman's aide's murder and a defense-contractor conspiracy.
State of Play (TV series)
State of Play is a 2003 six-part BBC One political conspiracy thriller written by Paul Abbott and directed by David Yates, starring John Simm, David Morrissey, Kelly Macdonald, and Bill Nighy as Herald journalists uncovering oil-backed government corruption; it won a 2004 Peabody Award and was adapted into a 2009 Hollywood film.
State of Play (video program)
State of Play is Sony Interactive Entertainment's recurring PlayStation video showcase, debuting March 25, 2019 after Sony left E3, airing game reveals and trailers on YouTube and Twitch; its June 2026 show peaked above 3 million viewers.
State of Qi (small Shang and Zhou vassal state)
The State of Qi (杞国) was a small Shang and Zhou vassal state whose rulers descended from Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty, destroyed by Chu in 445 BC.
State of Qi (Zhou period regional state)
State of Qi (齐国) was a regional state of the Zhou period in eastern China, ruling most of Shandong and known for prosperity and learning.
State of Rui
The State of Rui (芮国) was a same-clan vassal state of the Zhou dynasty, close to the royal court during the Western Zhou period and destroyed by Qin in the early Spring and Autumn era.
State of Shen
The State of Shen (申國) was a Zhou dynasty vassal state ruled by the Jiang family near present-day Nanyang, Henan, destroyed by Chu in the early Spring and Autumn period.
State of Siege: 26/11
State of Siege: 26/11 is a 2020 ZEE5 Indian web series, 8 episodes, directed by Matthew Leutwyler, based on Sandeep Unnithan's book Black Tornado, dramatizing the NSG response to the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
State of Singapore (Malaysia)
State of Singapore (Malaysia): Singapore's status as a Malaysian state from 16 September 1963 to 9 August 1965, under the 1963 State Constitution, with reserved federal powers, 15 of 127 federal seats, ending in the 7 August 1965 separation agreement.
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Država SHS), short-lived state proclaimed in Zagreb 29 October 1918 from Habsburg South Slav lands; merged with Serbia 1 December 1918 into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
State of Somaliland
The State of Somaliland was an independent state in the Horn of Africa that existed for five days in 1960 before uniting with Italian Somaliland to form the Somali Republic.
State of Song
State of Song (宋国) was a vassal state of the Spring and Autumn period, called "the hope of the central states" and destroyed by Qi, Wei, and Chu.