Knight v. State

Decided June 21, 1962. James S. Coleman wrote the opinion for the court.

142 So. 2d 899 · Cited 88 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.

• Neal v. State · 59 So. 2d 797
• Nichols v. State · 100 So. 2d 750
• McKee v. State · 31 So. 2d 656
• Rollings v. State · 160 Ala. 82
• Taylor v. State · 30 So. 2d 256
• Grammer v. State · 196 So. 268
• Pollard v. Rogers · 173 So. 881
• Lee v. State · 13 So. 2d 590
• Byrd v. State · 57 So. 2d 388
• Easley v. State · 20 So. 2d 519
• Peterson v. State · 166 So. 20
• Thompson v. Alexander City Cotton Mills Co. · 190 Ala. 184
• Lakey v. State · 61 So. 2d 117
• Lynn v. State · 34 So. 2d 602
• Conway v. Robinson · 113 So. 531
• Walker v. State · 114 So. 2d 402
• Morris v. State · 193 Ala. 1
• Mobile Infirmary v. Eberlein · 119 So. 2d 8
• Roquemore v. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. · 146 So. 619
• Haygood v. State · 38 So. 2d 593
• Lovejoy v. State · 15 So. 2d 303
• Gray v. Anderson · 1 So. 2d 384
• Gray v. State · 55 Ala. 86
• Chaney v. State · 56 So. 2d 385
• Moss v. State · 140 Ala. 199

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• Crymes v. State · 630 So. 2d 120
• Commonwealth v. Story · 383 A.2d 155
• State v. Carver · 496 P.2d 676
• Hooks v. State · 534 So. 2d 329
• Fletcher v. State · 277 So. 2d 882
• Smith v. State · 210 So. 2d 826
• Ex Parte Crymes · 630 So. 2d 125
• Town of Chino Valley v. City of Prescott · 638 P.2d 1324
• Christian v. State · 351 So. 2d 623
• Baldwin v. State · 213 So. 2d 819
• Ellis v. State · 570 So. 2d 744
• Whisenhant v. State · 482 So. 2d 1225
• Cunningham v. State · 426 So. 2d 484
• Jacobs v. State · 361 So. 2d 607
• Pierce v. State · 293 So. 2d 483
• Pope v. State · 478 P.2d 801
• Thigpen v. State · 277 So. 2d 922
• Bogan v. State · 529 So. 2d 1029
• State v. Wilson · 457 P.2d 433
• Young v. State · 428 So. 2d 155
• Brodka v. State · 298 So. 2d 55
• Donahay v. State · 255 So. 2d 599
• Kyser v. State · 513 So. 2d 68
• Andrews v. State · 359 So. 2d 1172
• Beck v. State · 365 So. 2d 985

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