State Supreme Court / Ala.

Ex Parte Cochran

Decided November 8, 1985. Clement Clay Torbert Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

500 So. 2d 1179 · Cited 171 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.

Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
Woods v. State · 367 So. 2d 982
Clisby v. State · 456 So. 2d 99
Ex Parte Lindsey · 456 So. 2d 393
Cumbo v. State · 368 So. 2d 871
Cochran v. State · 500 So. 2d 1161
Ex Parte Nettles · 435 So. 2d 151
Alabama Power Co. v. Henderson · 342 So. 2d 323
Ex Parte Jones · 450 So. 2d 171
Baldwin v. State · 372 So. 2d 32
Agee v. State · 424 So. 2d 1368

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Hooks v. State · 534 So. 2d 329
Knotts v. State · 686 So. 2d 431
Fortenberry v. State · 545 So. 2d 129
Ex Parte Ferguson · 814 So. 2d 970
Clark v. State · 896 So. 2d 584
Peraita v. State · 897 So. 2d 1161
Pierce v. State · 576 So. 2d 236
Morrison v. State · 601 So. 2d 165
Jones v. State · 946 So. 2d 903
Murry v. State · 562 So. 2d 1348
Yancey v. State · 65 So. 3d 452
Eaton v. State · 759 So. 2d 562
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Bankhead v. State · 585 So. 2d 97
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
State v. Hutchison · 898 S.W.2d 161
White v. State · 546 So. 2d 1014
Burton v. State · 651 So. 2d 641
Price v. State · 725 So. 2d 1003
Ingram v. State · 779 So. 2d 1225

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