State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Carpenter v. State

Decided June 30, 1980. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

404 So. 2d 89 · Cited 85 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.

Doss v. State · 123 So. 231
Boswell v. State · 276 So. 2d 592
Thigpen v. State · 270 So. 2d 666
Racine v. State · 275 So. 2d 655
McClary v. State · 282 So. 2d 384
Conley v. State · 354 So. 2d 1172
White v. State · 262 So. 2d 313
Edwards v. State · 185 So. 2d 393
Dailey v. State · 171 So. 729
Paul v. State · 265 So. 2d 180
Guntharp v. State · 308 So. 2d 722
Canada v. State · 325 So. 2d 513
Canada v. State · 325 So. 2d 516
Van Antwerp v. State · 358 So. 2d 782
Ex Parte Van Antwerp · 358 So. 2d 791
Bascom v. State · 344 So. 2d 218
Murrell v. State · 377 So. 2d 1102
Hurst v. State · 356 So. 2d 1224
Kuczenska v. State · 378 So. 2d 1182
Bickerstaff v. State · 369 So. 2d 315
Baker v. State · 340 So. 2d 854
Ex Parte Kuczenska · 378 So. 2d 1186
Fennell v. State · 282 So. 2d 379
Lewis v. State · 372 So. 2d 882
Ex Parte Cox · 367 So. 2d 542

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McWhorter v. State · 781 So. 2d 257
Peraita v. State · 897 So. 2d 1161
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Harris v. State · 2 So. 3d 880
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