State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Lawhorn v. State

Decided September 21, 1990. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

581 So. 2d 1159 · Cited 100 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.

Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Henderson v. State · 583 So. 2d 276
Saffle v. Parks · 494 U.S. 484
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Bracewell v. State · 506 So. 2d 354
Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296
Bui v. State · 551 So. 2d 1094
Powell v. State · 141 So. 201
Sheppard v. State · 172 Ala. 363
Landrum v. State · 57 Ala. App. 485
McComb v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · 336 U.S. 187
State v. Dixon · 283 So. 2d 1
Ex Parte Kyzer · 399 So. 2d 330
Ex Parte Grayson · 479 So. 2d 76
Magwood v. State · 494 So. 2d 124
Ex Parte Magwood · 494 So. 2d 154
Ex Parte Siebert · 555 So. 2d 780
Hallford v. State · 548 So. 2d 526
Ex Parte Bush · 431 So. 2d 563
Ex Parte Lynn · 543 So. 2d 709
Ex Parte Martin · 548 So. 2d 496
Ex Parte Whisenhant · 555 So. 2d 235
Martin v. State · 548 So. 2d 488
Brown Mech. Contractors, Inc. v. Centennial Ins. Co. · 431 So. 2d 932
Ex Parte Whisenhant · 482 So. 2d 1241

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Ex Parte Lawhorn · 581 So. 2d 1179
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Wilson v. State · 142 So. 3d 732
Smith v. State · 727 So. 2d 147
Boyle v. State · 154 So. 3d 171
State v. Brown · 132 Wash. 2d 529
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
Ex Parte Waldrop · 859 So. 2d 1181
Hyde v. State · 778 So. 2d 199
Parker v. State · 587 So. 2d 1072
Ex Parte Rieber · 663 So. 2d 999
Ingram v. State · 779 So. 2d 1225
Taylor v. State · 808 So. 2d 1148
Travis v. State · 776 So. 2d 819
Jenkins v. State · 627 So. 2d 1034
Perkins v. State · 808 So. 2d 1041
Melson v. State · 775 So. 2d 857
Maples v. State · 758 So. 2d 1
Johnson v. State · 820 So. 2d 842
Dobyne v. State · 672 So. 2d 1319

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