Dixon v. State

Decided August 16, 1991. Mark Kennedy wrote the opinion for the court.

588 So. 2d 903 · Cited 89 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.

• Seawright v. State · 479 So. 2d 1362
• Whisenant v. State · 466 So. 2d 995
• Molina v. State · 533 So. 2d 701
• Ex Parte Boyd · 542 So. 2d 1276
• Carr v. State · 545 So. 2d 820
• Cox v. State · 489 So. 2d 612
• Calhoun v. State · 460 So. 2d 268
• Rogers v. State · 365 So. 2d 322
• Ex Parte Rogers · 365 So. 2d 334
• Stone v. State · 501 So. 2d 562
• Davis v. State · 507 So. 2d 1023
• Lewis v. State · 518 So. 2d 214
• Childress v. State · 455 So. 2d 175
• Dixon v. State · 588 So. 2d 891

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• Hardeman v. State · 651 So. 2d 59
• State v. Montgomery · 968 So. 2d 543
• Fields v. State · 644 So. 2d 1322
• D.M.M. v. State · 647 So. 2d 57
• Thomas v. State · 625 So. 2d 1174
• City of Birmingham v. Major · 9 So. 3d 470
• Thompson v. State · 724 So. 2d 62
• DMM v. State · 647 So. 2d 57
• Hyde v. State · 778 So. 2d 199
• Gavin v. State · 891 So. 2d 907
• Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
• Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
• Maples v. State · 758 So. 2d 1
• Whitehead v. State · 777 So. 2d 781
• Reeves v. State · 807 So. 2d 18
• Minor v. State · 914 So. 2d 372
• McWhorter v. State · 781 So. 2d 257
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• Washington v. State · 922 So. 2d 145
• Couch v. City of Sheffield · 708 So. 2d 144
• Harris v. State · 2 So. 3d 880

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