State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Bush v. State

Decided March 8, 1996. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

695 So. 2d 70 · Cited 196 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.

Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Bush v. State · 523 So. 2d 538
Beecher v. State · 320 So. 2d 727
Freeman v. State · 555 So. 2d 196
Motes v. United States · 178 U.S. 458
Edwards v. Chile Copper Co. · 270 U.S. 452
Ex Parte Wilson · 571 So. 2d 1251
Ex Parte Whisenhant · 482 So. 2d 1241
Bui v. State · 627 So. 2d 855
Whisenhant v. State · 482 So. 2d 1225
Holland v. United States · 348 U.S. 121
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Ex Parte Grayson · 479 So. 2d 76
Ex Parte Womack · 435 So. 2d 766
Ex Parte Harrell · 470 So. 2d 1309
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
Ex Parte Haney · 603 So. 2d 412
Hallford v. State · 548 So. 2d 526
Ex Parte Rutledge · 523 So. 2d 1118
Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296
Mason v. State · 66 So. 2d 557
Carroll v. State · 599 So. 2d 1253
Ex Parte Carroll · 627 So. 2d 874
Cobern v. State · 142 So. 2d 869
Justus v. Commonwealth · 283 S.E.2d 905

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Williams v. State · 716 So. 2d 753
Barber v. State · 952 So. 2d 393
McGriff v. State · 908 So. 2d 961
McGriff v. State · 908 So. 2d 961
Travis v. State · 776 So. 2d 819
McWhorter v. State · 781 So. 2d 257
Maxwell v. State · 828 So. 2d 347
Revis v. State · 101 So. 3d 247
Cothren v. State · 705 So. 2d 849
Pace v. State · 714 So. 2d 320
Horton v. State · 217 So. 3d 27
Harrison v. State · 869 So. 2d 509
Sheffield v. State · 87 So. 3d 607
Smith v. State · 213 So. 3d 255
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Clemons v. State · 720 So. 2d 961
Belisle v. State · 11 So. 3d 256
Thompson v. State · 153 So. 3d 84
Smith v. State · 908 So. 2d 273
Baker v. State · 906 So. 2d 210
Dunaway v. State · 746 So. 2d 1021

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