State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Brown v. State

Decided October 7, 1980. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

392 So. 2d 1248 · 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.

Law v. State · 342 So. 2d 412
Freeman v. Hall · 238 So. 2d 330
Nichols v. State · 100 So. 2d 750
Warren v. State · 288 So. 2d 826
Sharp v. State · 193 Ala. 22
Duncan v. State · 369 So. 2d 885
Milligan v. State · 94 So. 169
Blackwell v. State · 88 So. 2d 347
Henry v. State · 328 So. 2d 634
Lee v. State · 350 So. 2d 743
McClendon v. State · 307 So. 2d 723
Hare v. State · 302 So. 2d 569
Grace v. State · 329 So. 2d 643
Bryson v. State · 327 So. 2d 919
Chavers v. State · 361 So. 2d 1106
Wheeler v. First Ala. Bk. of Birmingham · 364 So. 2d 1190
Bufford v. State · 382 So. 2d 1162
Beauregard v. State · 372 So. 2d 37
Van Antwerp v. State · 358 So. 2d 782
Ex Parte Van Antwerp · 358 So. 2d 791
Slinker v. State · 344 So. 2d 1264
Johnson v. State · 335 So. 2d 663
Weatherford v. State · 369 So. 2d 863
Williams v. State · 377 So. 2d 634
Ward v. State · 376 So. 2d 1112

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Belisle v. State · 11 So. 3d 256
Ex Parte Walker · 928 So. 2d 259
Magwood v. State · 426 So. 2d 918
Blackmon v. State · 7 So. 3d 397
Smith v. State · 409 So. 2d 455
State v. Gibbons · 519 A.2d 350
Gobble v. State · 104 So. 3d 920
Wood v. State · 416 So. 2d 794
Bell v. State · 466 So. 2d 167
Ex Parte Maddox · 502 So. 2d 786
Parish v. State · 480 So. 2d 29
Copeland v. State · 455 So. 2d 951
Parker v. State · 406 So. 2d 1036
Morris v. State · 60 So. 3d 326
Hardy v. State · 409 So. 2d 996
Buice v. State · 574 So. 2d 55
Fagan v. State · 412 So. 2d 1282
Scott v. State · 163 So. 3d 389
Hubbard v. State · 471 So. 2d 497

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