Gautney v. State

Decided March 27, 1969. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

222 So. 2d 175 · Cited 59 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.

• Seals v. State · 213 So. 2d 645
• Rakestraw v. State · 101 So. 181
• Garrett v. State · 105 So. 2d 541
• Lee v. State · 93 So. 2d 757
• Payne v. State · 74 So. 2d 630
• Walker v. State · 90 So. 2d 221
• Deloney v. State · 142 So. 432
• Russo v. State · 181 So. 502
• Dorough v. Alabama Great Southern R. Co. · 123 So. 602
• Scott v. State · 100 So. 211
• Dukes v. State · 98 So. 368
• Smith v. State · 158 So. 808
• Smith v. State · 154 Ala. 31
• Dobbins v. State · 149 So. 2d 814
• Western Railway of Alabama v. Brown · 196 So. 2d 392
• Jack Cole Co. v. Hays · 199 So. 2d 659
• Cooper v. Providence Hospital · 130 So. 2d 8
• Robinson v. State · 133 So. 578
• Johnson v. State · 130 So. 175
• Lewis v. State · 96 Ala. 6
• Walker v. State · 91 Ala. 76
• King v. State · 71 Ala. 1
• Poe v. State · 87 Ala. 65
• Jackson v. Ball · 100 So. 327
• Bogacki v. City of Montgomery · 100 So. 214

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• Buckelew v. State · 265 So. 2d 195
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