Hurst v. State

Decided November 12, 1974. John Oscar Harris wrote the opinion for the court.

307 So. 2d 62 · Cited 51 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.

• Smith v. State · 210 So. 2d 826
• Thigpen v. State · 270 So. 2d 666
• McKee v. State · 253 Ala. 235
• McKee v. State · 31 So. 2d 656
• Grissett v. State · 2 So. 2d 399
• Boulden v. State · 179 So. 2d 20
• Eady v. State · 267 So. 2d 516
• Stephens v. State · 33 So. 2d 245
• Mathis v. State · 189 So. 2d 564
• Payne v. State · 265 So. 2d 185
• Harnage v. State · 274 So. 2d 352
• Moore v. State · 290 So. 2d 246
• Harnage v. State · 274 So. 2d 333
• Snow v. State · 279 So. 2d 552
• Mathis v. State · 296 So. 2d 755
• Grant v. State · 239 So. 2d 903
• McCants v. State · 211 So. 2d 877
• Whitehurst v. State · 288 So. 2d 152
• Leonard v. State · 58 So. 2d 138
• Sparks v. State · 242 So. 2d 403
• Sparks v. State · 242 So. 2d 408

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• Johnson v. State · 335 So. 2d 663
• McLaren v. State · 353 So. 2d 24
• Balentine v. State · 339 So. 2d 1063
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• Lawson v. State · 412 N.E.2d 759
• MacK v. State · 375 So. 2d 476
• Lewis v. State · 339 So. 2d 1035
• Hurst v. State · 307 So. 2d 73
• Goodman v. State · 401 So. 2d 208
• Scroggins v. State · 341 So. 2d 967
• Robinson v. State · 342 So. 2d 1331
• Mayola v. State · 344 So. 2d 818
• Cooper v. State · 331 So. 2d 752
• Hoback v. State · 338 So. 2d 439
• Giddens v. State · 333 So. 2d 615
• Kircheis v. State · 323 So. 2d 412
• Brown v. State · 331 So. 2d 820
• Cole v. State · 337 So. 2d 40
• Speigner v. State · 367 So. 2d 590
• Hurley v. State · 335 So. 2d 183

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