Gayden v. State

Decided May 12, 1955. Robert Tennent Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

80 So. 2d 501 · 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.

• Jackson v. State · 182 So. 83
• People v. Lee Foon · 9 N.E.2d 847
• Cole v. Arkansas · 333 U.S. 196
• Smith v. O'GRADY · 312 U.S. 329
• United States v. Hess · 124 U.S. 483
• People v. Bogdanoff · 171 N.E. 890
• United States v. Simmons · 96 U.S. 360
• Spooney v. State · 115 So. 308
• Jinright v. State · 125 So. 606
• Allen v. State · 30 So. 2d 479
• Mitchell v. State · 27 So. 2d 36
• Lee v. State · 147 Ala. 133
• Walker v. State · 150 Ala. 87
• Anthony v. State · 29 Ala. 27
• Holloway v. State · 64 So. 2d 121

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• Davis v. State · 291 So. 2d 346
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• Hammonds v. State · 410 So. 2d 908

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