Anderson v. State

Decided November 2, 1922. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

95 So. 171 · Cited 200 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.

• Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Drennen · 175 Ala. 338
• Whittle v. State · 89 So. 43
• Rice v. State · 85 So. 437
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Holland · 173 Ala. 675
• Shelby Iron Co. v. Greenlea · 184 Ala. 496
• McMillan v. Aiken · 88 So. 135
• McPherson v. State · 198 Ala. 5
• Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. Frazier · 93 Ala. 45
• City of Birmingham v. Carle · 191 Ala. 539
• Evans v. Evans · 76 So. 95
• Sharp v. State · 193 Ala. 22
• People v. Lane · 101 Cal. 513
• Tannehill v. State · 159 Ala. 51
• Johnson v. State · 199 Ala. 255
• Montgomery v. State · 85 So. 785
• Gibson v. State · 193 Ala. 12
• Hardley v. State · 79 So. 362
• Charley v. State · 87 So. 177
• Tucker v. State · 79 So. 303
• James v. State · 170 Ala. 72
• Butler Cotton Oil Co. v. Brooks · 85 So. 778
• Anderson v. State · 85 So. 789
• Walker v. State · 87 So. 833
• Alabama Co. v. Brown · 92 So. 490
• Caldwell v. State · 160 Ala. 96

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• Manning v. State · 116 So. 360
• Brodka v. State · 298 So. 2d 55
• Lawrence v. Alabama Power Co. · 385 So. 2d 986
• Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
• Nichols v. State · 100 So. 2d 750
• Boyle v. State · 154 So. 575
• Washington v. State · 259 Ala. 104
• Nichols v. State · 160 So. 2d 619
• Grammer v. State · 196 So. 268
• McLemore v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. · 88 So. 2d 170
• State v. Carroll · 69 P.2d 542
• Adler v. Miller · 120 So. 153
• Watts v. Espy · 101 So. 106
• Feore v. Trammel · 102 So. 529
• Canty v. State · 191 So. 260
• Luker v. State · 105 So. 2d 834
• Wilson v. State · 461 So. 2d 918
• Washington v. State · 65 So. 2d 704
• Whisenhant v. State · 370 So. 2d 1080
• Aplin v. State · 421 So. 2d 1299
• Fuller v. State · 113 So. 2d 153

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