Ex Parte Allen

Decided June 4, 1982. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

414 So. 2d 993 · Cited 137 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.

• Phelps v. Mayer · 56 U.S. 160
• Hamilton v. City of Birmingham · 396 So. 2d 120
• Allen v. State · 414 So. 2d 989
• Sheppard v. Wilson · 47 U.S. 260
• Pinkard v. State · 405 So. 2d 411
• Dunn v. State · 414 So. 2d 989
• Roy v. State · 375 So. 2d 1289
• Hand v. State · 385 So. 2d 652
• Hamilton v. City of Birmingham · 396 So. 2d 123

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