State Supreme Court / Ala.

Burns v. State

Decided June 21, 1934. Lucien D. Gardner wrote the opinion for the court.

155 So. 561 · Cited 76 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.

Smith v. State · 183 Ala. 10
Burns v. State · 145 So. 436
Vaughan v. State · 78 So. 378
Gibson v. State · 89 Ala. 121

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