State Supreme Court / Ala.

Duncan v. State

Decided June 30, 1965. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

176 So. 2d 840 · Cited 230 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.

Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States · 251 U.S. 385
Nardone v. United States · 308 U.S. 338
Mallory v. United States · 354 U.S. 449
Rudolph v. Holman · 236 F. Supp. 62
Phillips v. State · 28 So. 2d 542
Cobern v. State · 142 So. 2d 869
Ingram v. State · 42 So. 2d 36
White v. State. · 70 So. 2d 624
Rudolph v. State · 152 So. 2d 662
Carlisle v. State Ex Rel. Trammell · 163 So. 2d 596
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
Gideon v. Wainwright · 372 U.S. 335
Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
United States v. Jeffers · 342 U.S. 48
Hamilton v. Alabama · 368 U.S. 52
Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 282 U.S. 344
Amos v. United States · 255 U.S. 313
People v. Ditson · 57 Cal. 2d 415
People v. Waterman · 9 N.Y.2d 561
People v. Di Biasi · 7 N.Y.2d 544
State v. Owen · 394 P.2d 206
People v. Meyer · 11 N.Y.2d 162
Banks v. State · 93 So. 293
United States v. Avila · 227 F. Supp. 3
People v. Walker · 132 N.W.2d 87

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Boulden v. State · 179 So. 2d 20
Beecher v. State · 193 So. 2d 505
Ex Parte Gaddy · 698 So. 2d 1150
Nettles v. State. · 731 So. 2d 626
Ex Parte Singleton · 465 So. 2d 443
Ex Parte Yarber · 375 So. 2d 1231
Mathis v. State · 189 So. 2d 564
Tiner v. State · 182 So. 2d 859
Wright v. State · 188 So. 2d 272
Knight v. State · 346 So. 2d 478
Reynolds v. State · 346 So. 2d 979
Hutto v. State · 178 So. 2d 810
Taylor v. State · 213 So. 2d 566
Bennett v. State · 46 Ala. App. 535
Taylor v. State · 46 Ala. App. 659
Vinson v. State · 843 So. 2d 221
Pettaway v. State · 396 So. 2d 114
Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
Ex Parte Wilson · 571 So. 2d 1251
Ex Parte Tucker · 667 So. 2d 1339
Land v. State · 678 So. 2d 201

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