State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Davis v. State

Decided March 21, 1997. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

718 So. 2d 1148 · Cited 79 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.

Ex Parte Thomas · 659 So. 2d 3
Ex Parte Branch · 526 So. 2d 609
Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Henderson v. State · 583 So. 2d 276
Ex Parte Henderson · 583 So. 2d 305
Grimsley v. State · 678 So. 2d 1194
Ex Parte Bird · 594 So. 2d 676
Ex Parte Womack · 435 So. 2d 766
Williams v. State · 710 So. 2d 1276
Bush v. State · 695 So. 2d 70
Ex Parte Harrell · 470 So. 2d 1309
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
Ex Parte Haney · 603 So. 2d 412
Hooks v. State · 534 So. 2d 329
Ex Parte Slaton · 680 So. 2d 909
Stephens v. State · 580 So. 2d 11
Williams v. State · 601 So. 2d 1062
Ex Parte Lynn · 543 So. 2d 709
Ex Parte Whisenhant · 482 So. 2d 1241
Mitchell v. State · 579 So. 2d 45
Musgrove v. State · 519 So. 2d 565
Ex Parte Williams · 556 So. 2d 744

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McMillan v. State · 139 So. 3d 184
Ex Parte Davis · 718 So. 2d 1166
Lewis v. State · 889 So. 2d 623
Thompson v. State · 153 So. 3d 84
Waldrop v. State · 859 So. 2d 1138
Davis v. State · 9 So. 3d 539
McGriff v. State · 908 So. 2d 961
Stanley v. State · 143 So. 3d 230
Lane v. State · 169 So. 3d 1076
McGriff v. State · 908 So. 2d 961
Lockhart v. State · 163 So. 3d 1088
Ingram v. State · 779 So. 2d 1225
Taylor v. State · 808 So. 2d 1148
Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
Burgess v. State · 723 So. 2d 742
Perkins v. State · 808 So. 2d 1041
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Whitehead v. State · 777 So. 2d 781
McNabb v. State · 887 So. 2d 929
Johnson v. State · 823 So. 2d 1
Minor v. State · 914 So. 2d 372
Lee v. State · 898 So. 2d 790
Hodges v. State · 856 So. 2d 875

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