State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Knotts v. State

Decided June 16, 1995. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

686 So. 2d 431 · Cited 108 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.

Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Ex Parte Kyzer · 399 So. 2d 330
Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296
Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
Ex Parte Kennedy · 472 So. 2d 1106
Morrison v. State · 601 So. 2d 165
W.T.K. v. State · 586 So. 2d 850
Owens v. State · 282 So. 2d 402
Holland v. United States · 348 U.S. 121
McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · 336 U.S. 187
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Magwood v. State · 494 So. 2d 124
Ex Parte Magwood · 494 So. 2d 154
Ex Parte Cochran · 500 So. 2d 1179
State v. Osborn · 631 P.2d 187
Fletcher v. State · 277 So. 2d 882
Hallford v. State · 548 So. 2d 526
Cobern v. State · 142 So. 2d 869
White v. State · 587 So. 2d 1218
Fulghum v. State · 277 So. 2d 886
State v. Rhoades · 820 P.2d 665
Ex Parte Jones · 456 So. 2d 380
Hopkins v. State · 429 So. 2d 1146
State v. Hutchinson · 766 P.2d 447
Lawrence v. State · 409 So. 2d 987

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Dotch v. State · 67 So. 3d 936
McMillan v. State · 139 So. 3d 184
Johnson v. State · 120 So. 3d 1130
Stanley v. State · 143 So. 3d 230
State v. Day · 911 A.2d 1042
State v. Thomas · 137 So. 3d 933
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Ferguson v. State · 814 So. 2d 925
Bush v. State · 695 So. 2d 70
Boyd v. State · 746 So. 2d 364
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