State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Free v. State

Decided April 10, 1984. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

455 So. 2d 137 · Cited 57 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.

Coleman v. State · 373 So. 2d 1254
Russell v. State · 78 So. 916
Grissett v. State · 2 So. 2d 399
Magwood v. State · 426 So. 2d 918
Starr v. Starr · 301 So. 2d 78
Chaney v. State · 417 So. 2d 625
Bills v. State · 275 So. 2d 706
Shewey v. State · 267 So. 2d 520
Ex Parte Day · 378 So. 2d 1159
Baldwin v. State · 251 So. 2d 633
Marsh v. State · 418 So. 2d 191
Eldridge v. State · 22 So. 2d 713
Hegmon v. State · 280 So. 2d 192
Kilpatrick v. State · 59 So. 2d 61
Jennings v. State · 439 So. 2d 771
Ex Parte Womack · 435 So. 2d 766
Ex Parte Washington · 448 So. 2d 404
Tice v. State · 386 So. 2d 1180
Moore v. State · 415 So. 2d 1210
Ex Parte Tice · 386 So. 2d 1187
Hobbs v. State · 401 So. 2d 276
Palmer v. State · 401 So. 2d 266
Moore v. State · 71 Ala. 307
Hurst v. State · 86 Ala. 604
Womack v. State · 435 So. 2d 754

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Cockrell v. State · 890 So. 2d 168
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Free v. State · 495 So. 2d 1147
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Cockrell v. State · 890 So. 2d 174
Parker v. State · 482 So. 2d 1336
McKinney v. State · 511 So. 2d 218
Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc. · 628 So. 2d 501
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Oryang v. State · 642 So. 2d 979
Johnson v. State · 823 So. 2d 1
State v. Earp · 571 A.2d 1227
Davis v. State · 740 So. 2d 1115
Minor v. State · 780 So. 2d 707
Minshew v. State · 594 So. 2d 703
McKinney v. State · 511 So. 2d 220
Hutcherson v. State · 727 So. 2d 846
Long v. State · 668 So. 2d 56
Marks v. Tenbrunsel · 910 So. 2d 1255
Thompson v. State · 462 So. 2d 777
Martin v. State · 494 So. 2d 749
Stennet v. State · 564 So. 2d 95
Bates v. State · 549 So. 2d 601
Bishop v. State · 482 So. 2d 1322

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