Johnson v. State

Decided December 18, 1941. Lucien D. Gardner wrote the opinion for the court.

5 So. 2d 632 · Cited 116 times

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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.

• Brown v. Mississippi · 297 U.S. 278
• Chambers v. Florida · 309 U.S. 227
• White v. Texas · 310 U.S. 530
• People v. . Thau · 113 N.E. 556
• Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Drennen · 175 Ala. 338
• Dyer v. State · 4 So. 2d 311
• Stewart v. State · 165 So. 840
• Gassenheimer v. State · 52 Ala. 313
• Miller v. State · 130 Ala. 1
• Mitchell v. State · 140 Ala. 118

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• Robinson v. State · 11 So. 2d 732
• Fitzhugh v. State · 43 So. 2d 831
• Boggs v. State · 106 So. 2d 263
• Brasher v. State · 30 So. 2d 31
• Johnson v. Williams · 13 So. 2d 683
• Hogue v. State · 312 So. 2d 86
• Howard v. State · 371 So. 2d 475
• Duncan v. State · 176 So. 2d 840
• Mason v. State · 66 So. 2d 557
• Bowden v. State · 538 So. 2d 1226
• Nester v. State · 334 P.2d 524
• Taylor v. Alabama · 335 U.S. 252
• Lee v. State · 18 So. 2d 706
• Noble v. State · 45 So. 2d 857
• Taylor v. State · 30 So. 2d 256
• Smith v. State · 409 So. 2d 455
• Snead v. State · 8 So. 2d 269
• Hinton v. State · 189 So. 2d 849
• Ash v. State · 424 So. 2d 1381
• State v. Seward · 163 Kan. 136
• Wilson v. State · 105 So. 2d 66

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