State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

McNair v. State

Decided August 22, 1997. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

706 So. 2d 828 · Cited 74 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.

In Re Kemmler · 136 U.S. 436
Roan v. State · 143 So. 454
Ritter v. Smith · 568 F. Supp. 1499
Ex Parte Troha · 462 So. 2d 953
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Grimsley v. State · 632 So. 2d 547
Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
Jones v. Kemp · 706 F. Supp. 1534
Sistrunk v. State · 630 So. 2d 147
Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry. Co. · 341 So. 2d 671
Allred v. Dobbs · 190 So. 2d 712
Allred v. State · 313 So. 2d 195
Williams v. State · 480 So. 2d 1265
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Ex Parte Jackson · 516 So. 2d 768
Ex Parte Kyzer · 399 So. 2d 330
Ex Parte Grayson · 479 So. 2d 76
Bush v. State · 695 So. 2d 70
Hallford v. State · 548 So. 2d 526
Jackson v. State · 516 So. 2d 726
Ex Parte Lawley · 512 So. 2d 1370
Hallford v. State · 629 So. 2d 6
Ex Parte Smith · 698 So. 2d 219
Ex Parte Hinton · 548 So. 2d 562
McNair v. State · 653 So. 2d 320

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McNair v. Campbell · 307 F. Supp. 2d 1277
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Dorsey v. State · 881 So. 2d 460
Hamm v. State · 913 So. 2d 460
Reeves v. State · 807 So. 2d 18
Hodges v. State · 856 So. 2d 875
Acklin v. State · 790 So. 2d 975
Burgess v. State · 811 So. 2d 557
Bui v. State · 717 So. 2d 6
Callahan v. State · 767 So. 2d 380
James v. State · 788 So. 2d 185
Hocker v. State · 840 So. 2d 197
Pierce v. State · 851 So. 2d 558
Jackson v. State · 836 So. 2d 915
McNair v. Haley · 97 F. Supp. 2d 1270
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
People v. Harlan · 109 P.3d 616
Ingram v. State · 779 So. 2d 1225
Taylor v. State · 808 So. 2d 1148
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Simmons v. State · 797 So. 2d 1134
Whitehead v. State · 777 So. 2d 781
Ferguson v. State · 814 So. 2d 925
Williams v. State · 795 So. 2d 753
Johnson v. State · 823 So. 2d 1

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