Batson v. State Ex Rel. Davis

Decided May 26, 1927. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

113 So. 300 · Cited 84 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.

• Whitehead v. State · 90 So. 351
• Letson v. State · 110 So. 21
• Nelson v. State ex rel. Blackwell · 182 Ala. 449
• Kohl v. Lehlback · 160 U.S. 293
• Raub v. Carpenter · 187 U.S. 159
• Alabama City G. & A. Ry. Co. v. Bates · 155 Ala. 347
• McMillan v. Aiken · 88 So. 135
• Ladd v. . Stevenson · 19 N.E. 842
• Anderson v. State · 95 So. 171
• Jones v. Bell · 77 So. 998
• Evans v. Wilhite · 167 Ala. 587
• Woodward Iron Co. v. Brown · 167 Ala. 316
• Ingram v. Alabama Power Co. · 75 So. 304
• Montgomery v. State · 85 So. 785
• Hymes v. State · 95 So. 383
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Loveman Compress Co. · 196 Ala. 683
• Harris v. Harris · 93 So. 841
• City of Birmingham v. Lane · 97 So. 728
• Sellers v. Dickert · 194 Ala. 661
• Stokes v. Hinton · 197 Ala. 230
• Fowler v. Pritchard · 148 Ala. 261
• Whitehead v. State · 90 So. 356
• Nuckols v. State · 109 Ala. 2
• Tuskaloosa County v. Logan · 50 Ala. 503
• Ryan v. Riverside & Oswego Mills · 8 A. 246

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• Peterson v. State · 150 So. 156
• Parker v. Hayes Lumber Co. · 127 So. 504
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• Berry v. State · 165 So. 97
• Leach v. State · 18 So. 2d 289
• Bradley v. State · 577 So. 2d 541
• Rose v. Magro · 124 So. 296
• Reeves v. State · 68 So. 2d 14
• Camp v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. · 36 So. 2d 331
• Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Atlas Auto Finance Co. · 38 So. 2d 560
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. Yoast · 57 So. 2d 103
• Alabama Gas Co. v. Jones · 13 So. 2d 873
• Kiker v. State · 172 So. 290
• Travis v. Hubbard · 104 So. 2d 712
• Taylor v. State · 131 So. 236
• City of Birmingham v. Andrews · 132 So. 877
• Hood v. Kelly · 231 So. 2d 901
• Thomas v. State · 122 So. 2d 731
• Douglas v. State · 281 So. 2d 652

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