State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

McWilliams v. State

Decided August 23, 1991. Henry Ward McMillan wrote the opinion for the court.

640 So. 2d 982 · Cited 56 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.

Windsor v. State · 593 So. 2d 87
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648
Avery v. Alabama · 308 U.S. 444
Bankhead v. State · 585 So. 2d 97
Ex Parte Wilson · 571 So. 2d 1251
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Ex Parte Harrell · 470 So. 2d 1309
Ex Parte Rutledge · 523 So. 2d 1118
Holladay v. State · 549 So. 2d 122
Duren v. State · 590 So. 2d 360
Ex Parte Holladay · 549 So. 2d 135
Bui v. State · 551 So. 2d 1094
Rutledge v. State · 523 So. 2d 1087
Fulghum v. State · 277 So. 2d 886
Wysinger v. State · 448 So. 2d 435
Garrett v. State · 105 So. 2d 541
Franklin v. State · 424 So. 2d 1353
Clark v. State · 195 So. 2d 786
Fisher v. State · 439 So. 2d 176
Williams v. State · 565 So. 2d 1233
Kircheis v. State · 323 So. 2d 412
Rhodes v. State · 41 So. 2d 623
Bryant v. City of Gadsden · 574 So. 2d 919
Ex Parte Bankhead · 585 So. 2d 112

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McWilliams v. Dunn · 582 U.S. 183
Williams v. State · 710 So. 2d 1276
Ex Parte McWilliams · 640 So. 2d 1015
Perkins v. State · 808 So. 2d 1041
Dobyne v. State · 672 So. 2d 1319
Thomas v. State · 766 So. 2d 860
Jackson v. State · 674 So. 2d 1318
George v. State · 717 So. 2d 844
Cooper v. State · 912 So. 2d 1150
Burton v. State · 651 So. 2d 641
Ball v. State · 699 A.2d 1170
Arthur v. State · 711 So. 2d 1031
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Maples v. State · 758 So. 2d 1
Ex Parte Walker · 972 So. 2d 737
McWhorter v. State · 781 So. 2d 257
Hardy v. State · 804 So. 2d 247
Harris v. State · 2 So. 3d 880
Minor v. State · 780 So. 2d 707
Dallas v. State · 711 So. 2d 1101
Sneed v. State · 1 So. 3d 104
Griffin v. State · 790 So. 2d 267
McWilliams v. State · 897 So. 2d 437
Musgrove v. State · 638 So. 2d 1347
George v. State · 717 So. 2d 827

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