Espey v. State

Decided April 21, 1960. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

120 So. 2d 904 · Cited 76 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.

• Lowery v. Jones · 121 So. 704
• Anderson v. State · 95 So. 171
• Nichols v. State · 100 So. 2d 750
• Smarr v. State · 68 So. 2d 6
• Washington v. State · 259 Ala. 104
• Birmingham Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. Blackwell · 128 So. 389
• Garrett v. State · 105 So. 2d 541
• Willingham v. State · 74 So. 2d 241
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. Mann · 147 So. 165
• Vaughn v. State · 183 So. 428
• Bryson v. State · 84 So. 2d 785
• Woodard v. State · 44 So. 2d 241
• Dockery v. State · 114 So. 2d 394
• HARVEY REGLAND COMPANY v. Newton · 105 So. 2d 110
• Stephens v. State · 40 So. 2d 90
• Watson v. State · 93 So. 2d 750

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• Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
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• Trawick v. State · 431 So. 2d 574
• Loggins v. State · 771 So. 2d 1070
• Carroll v. State · 370 So. 2d 749
• Colston v. State · 325 So. 2d 520
• Moore v. State · 290 So. 2d 246
• Thigpen v. State · 277 So. 2d 922
• Ex Parte Thomas · 766 So. 2d 975
• Smoot v. State · 381 So. 2d 668
• Woodall v. State · 730 So. 2d 627
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• Speigner v. State · 369 So. 2d 39
• Tooson v. State · 324 So. 2d 327
• Kontos v. State · 363 So. 2d 1025
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• Jones v. State · 307 So. 2d 59

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