State Supreme Court / Ala.

Bachelor v. State

Decided May 5, 1927. Joel B. Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

113 So. 67 · Cited 55 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.

In Re Kemmler · 136 U.S. 436
Anderson v. State · 95 So. 171
State ex rel. Crenshaw v. Joseph · 175 Ala. 579
People v. Harris · 145 P. 520
Birmingham Electric Co. v. Cleveland · 113 So. 403
Savage v. Wallace · 165 Ala. 572
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Smith · 175 Ala. 260
State ex rel. Brown v. Porter · 145 Ala. 541
Hall v. State · 113 So. 64
Blair v. State · 99 So. 314
Russell v. State · 78 So. 916
Ex parte Howard-Harrison Iron Co. · 119 Ala. 484
Board of Revenue v. Crow · 141 Ala. 126
Ex parte Adams · 187 Ala. 10

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Miller v. State · 431 So. 2d 586
Allen v. State · 659 So. 2d 135
Freeman v. State · 555 So. 2d 196
Ellis v. State · 11 So. 2d 861
Pilley v. State · 25 So. 2d 57
Dannelly v. State · 254 So. 2d 434
Collins v. State · 385 So. 2d 993
Meredith v. State · 370 So. 2d 1075
Dunn v. State · 166 So. 2d 878
State v. Makal · 455 P.2d 450
Clark v. State · 197 So. 23
Whisenhant v. State · 370 So. 2d 1080
Wise v. State · 38 So. 2d 553
Peters v. State · 200 So. 404
Canty v. State · 191 So. 260
In Re Fite · 152 So. 246
Birchfield v. State · 115 So. 297
Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States v. Welch · 195 So. 554
Sales v. State · 435 So. 2d 242
Scott v. State · 30 So. 2d 689

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