Doss v. State

Decided June 27, 1929. Joel B. Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

123 So. 231 · Cited 93 times

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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.

• Spivey v. State · 172 Ala. 391
• Zininam v. State · 186 Ala. 9
• O'Byrnes v. State · 51 Ala. 25
• Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Minderhout · 195 Ala. 420
• City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co. · 164 Ala. 529
• Spooney v. State · 115 So. 308
• People v. . Camp · 34 N.E. 755
• Hutto v. State · 169 Ala. 19
• Coburn v. State · 151 Ala. 100
• Meridian L. Ins. v. Dean · 182 Ala. 127
• Meredith v. State · 60 Ala. 441

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• Smith v. State · 38 So. 2d 341
• Rush v. State · 45 So. 2d 761
• Ball v. State · 335 So. 2d 230
• Stewart v. State · 601 So. 2d 491
• Adkins v. State · 287 So. 2d 451
• Carpenter v. State · 404 So. 2d 89
• State v. Randall · 353 P.2d 1054
• Fletcher v. Tuscaloosa Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n · 314 So. 2d 51
• Burns v. State · 19 So. 2d 450
• Wright v. State · 494 So. 2d 726
• Burns v. State · 145 So. 436
• Aikerson v. State · 274 So. 2d 124
• Smith v. State · 161 So. 538
• Powell v. State · 141 So. 201
• Berry v. State · 165 So. 97
• Bridges v. State · 295 So. 2d 266
• McKenzie v. State · 33 So. 2d 488
• McCoy v. State · 166 So. 769
• Logan v. State · 282 So. 2d 898
• Vernon v. State · 200 So. 560
• State Ex. Rel. Gregg v. Maples · 239 So. 2d 198

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