Aaron v. State

Decided September 28, 1961. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

139 So. 2d 309 · Cited 75 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.

• Aaron v. State · 122 So. 2d 360
• Burns v. State · 145 So. 436
• People v. Slobodion · 31 Cal. 2d 555
• Washington v. State · 259 Ala. 104
• Batson v. State Ex Rel. Davis · 113 So. 300
• Dyer v. State · 4 So. 2d 311
• Lee v. State · 18 So. 2d 706
• Kabase v. State · 12 So. 2d 766
• Bell v. State · 149 So. 687
• Rose v. Magro · 124 So. 296
• Seals v. State · 122 So. 2d 513
• McCall v. State · 79 So. 2d 51
• Redus v. State · 9 So. 2d 914
• Sims v. Struthers · 100 So. 2d 23
• Gholston v. State · 130 So. 69
• Thompson v. State · 58 N.E.2d 112
• Huggins v. State · 123 So. 2d 911
• Allford v. State · 12 So. 2d 407
• Bray v. State · 131 Ala. 46

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• Seals v. State · 213 So. 2d 645
• Saunders v. State · 10 So. 3d 53
• Brown v. State · 231 So. 2d 167
• Ross v. State · 238 So. 2d 887
• W.M. v. State · 607 So. 2d 1303
• WM v. State · 607 So. 2d 1303
• United States v. Wade · 388 U.S. 218
• Hubbard v. State · 215 So. 2d 261
• Clark v. State · 318 So. 2d 822
• Douglas v. State · 281 So. 2d 652
• Thomas v. State · 461 So. 2d 15
• McLemore v. State · 562 So. 2d 639
• Carlisle v. State · 371 So. 2d 975
• Thomas v. State · 399 So. 2d 915
• Howell v. State · 369 So. 2d 297
• State v. Troupe · 237 Conn. 284
• Watson v. State · 398 So. 2d 320
• Morrison v. State · 500 So. 2d 36
• State v. Richey · 249 So. 2d 143
• Johnson v. State · 335 So. 2d 663
• State v. Freeman · 408 P.2d 612
• Duncan v. State. · 436 So. 2d 883
• State v. Kendricks · 891 S.W.2d 597
• Register v. State · 640 So. 2d 3

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