McDowell v. State

Decided May 11, 1939. John Crawford Anderson wrote the opinion for the court.

189 So. 183 · Cited 76 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.

• Fries v. Acme White Lead & Color Works · 79 So. 45
• Nickerson v. State · 88 So. 905
• Dickson v. Dinsmore · 122 So. 437
• Lewis v. State · 125 So. 802
• Whittle v. State · 104 So. 668
• Wilson v. State · 191 Ala. 7
• McCormack Bros. Motor Car Co. v. Arnold · 137 So. 288
• Williams v. Riddlesperger · 148 So. 803
• Sharp v. Clopton · 117 So. 647
• Tilley v. State · 167 Ala. 107
• Scott v. State · 141 Ala. 1

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• Phillips v. State · 28 So. 2d 542
• Parsons v. State · 38 So. 2d 209
• Desilvey v. State · 16 So. 2d 183
• Daniels v. State · 11 So. 2d 756
• Robinson v. State · 11 So. 2d 732
• Dolvin v. State · 391 So. 2d 666
• Payne v. State · 265 So. 2d 185
• Payne v. State · 74 So. 2d 630
• Rowe v. State · 11 So. 2d 749
• Coats v. State · 45 So. 2d 35
• Smith v. State · 908 So. 2d 273
• Jackson v. State · 502 So. 2d 858
• Snead v. State · 38 So. 2d 576
• Dossey v. State · 489 So. 2d 662
• Odom v. State · 46 So. 2d 1
• Brodka v. State · 298 So. 2d 55
• Spain v. State · 68 So. 2d 53
• McCall v. State · 79 So. 2d 51
• Tooson v. State · 324 So. 2d 327
• DeFranze v. State · 241 So. 2d 125
• Langham v. State · 11 So. 2d 131

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