State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Anderson v. State

Decided May 12, 1987. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

507 So. 2d 580 · Cited 77 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.

Fulghum v. State · 277 So. 2d 886
Burns v. State · 155 So. 561
Williams v. State · 39 So. 2d 37
Young v. State · 428 So. 2d 155
Chavers v. State · 361 So. 2d 1106
Phelps v. State · 435 So. 2d 158
Ex Parte Stork · 475 So. 2d 623
Ex Parte Edwards · 452 So. 2d 508
Wiggins v. State · 491 So. 2d 1046
Ex Parte Weems · 463 So. 2d 170
Pack v. State · 461 So. 2d 910
Silvey v. State · 485 So. 2d 790
Wilkerson v. State · 486 So. 2d 509
Weems v. State · 463 So. 2d 173

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