State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Cochran v. State

Decided April 24, 1984. William M. Bowen Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

500 So. 2d 1161 · Cited 123 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.

Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
State v. Richmond · 560 P.2d 41
Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer · 454 A.2d 937
Tichnell v. State · 415 A.2d 830
State v. Pinch · 292 S.E.2d 203
State v. Knapp · 562 P.2d 704
Wilson v. State · 8 So. 2d 422
State v. Harding · 670 P.2d 383
State v. Moore · 316 N.W.2d 33
Barbee v. State · 395 So. 2d 1128
Smith v. State · 290 S.E.2d 43
Godfrey v. State · 248 Ga. 616
Gosa v. State · 139 So. 2d 321
Mosley v. State · 1 So. 2d 593
People v. Hampton · 603 P.2d 133
Agee v. State · 424 So. 2d 1368
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
Cook v. State · 369 So. 2d 1251
Smith v. State · 407 So. 2d 894
Alabama Power Co. v. Henderson · 342 So. 2d 323
Ex Parte Dobard · 435 So. 2d 1351
Fitzpatrick v. State · 194 Mont. 310
Barfield v. Harris · 540 F. Supp. 451
Brazell v. State · 369 So. 2d 25
Evans v. State · 361 So. 2d 654

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Hooks v. State · 534 So. 2d 329
Ex Parte Cochran · 500 So. 2d 1179
Hyde v. State · 778 So. 2d 199
White v. State · 546 So. 2d 1014
Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
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