Burns v. State

Decided June 15, 1944. Davis F. Stakely wrote the opinion for the court.

19 So. 2d 450 · Cited 60 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.

• Gardner v. Michigan · 199 U.S. 325
• Dillon v. Hamilton · 160 So. 708
• Smith v. State · 161 So. 538
• Dixon v. State · 167 So. 349
• Stewart v. State · 17 So. 2d 871
• Morris v. State · 175 So. 283
• Gray v. Johnson · 179 So. 221
• Missouri v. Lewis · 101 U.S. 22
• Doss v. State · 123 So. 231
• Oliver v. State · 166 So. 615
• Dyer v. State · 4 So. 2d 311
• Skumro v. State · 170 So. 776
• State v. Rainsbarger · 74 Iowa 196
• Berry v. State · 165 So. 97
• Stinson v. State · 135 So. 571
• Gibson v. State · 106 So. 231
• Vernon v. State · 18 So. 2d 388
• Orr v. State · 144 So. 867
• Zininam v. State · 186 Ala. 9
• Wimbush v. State · 186 So. 145
• Gast v. State · 167 So. 554
• Granberry v. State · 184 Ala. 5
• Wright v. Empire Coal Co. · 199 Ala. 427
• Lancaster v. State · 106 So. 617
• Slayton v. State · 173 So. 642

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• Seibold v. State · 253 So. 2d 302
• Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Patterson · 108 So. 2d 448
• Peddycoart v. City of Birmingham · 354 So. 2d 808
• Tillis v. State · 296 So. 2d 892
• Bridges v. State · 295 So. 2d 266
• Veith v. State · 267 So. 2d 480
• Campbell v. State · 58 So. 2d 623
• Jefferson County v. Braswell · 407 So. 2d 115
• Junior v. State · 257 So. 2d 844
• Hall v. Underwood · 63 So. 2d 683
• Minniefield v. State · 260 So. 2d 607
• Mitchell v. Mobile County · 313 So. 2d 172
• Bynum v. State · 348 So. 2d 804
• Seibold v. Daniels · 337 F. Supp. 210
• Ex Parte Bush · 24 So. 2d 353
• State Ex Rel. Harrington v. Randle · 35 So. 2d 84
• Thomas v. State · 357 So. 2d 1015
• Horgan v. DAUPHIN ISLAND WATER, ETC. · 409 So. 2d 1359
• Walker County v. Barnett · 24 So. 2d 665
• Allen v. State · 28 So. 2d 420
• Lamberth v. State · 48 Ala. App. 134
• Simmons v. State · 307 So. 2d 96
• Rice v. State · 35 So. 2d 617

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