State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Melson v. State

Decided March 26, 1999. Francis A. Long Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

775 So. 2d 857 · Cited 90 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
Fortenberry v. State · 545 So. 2d 129
Sanders v. State · 423 So. 2d 348
Morrison v. State · 500 So. 2d 36
Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Ex Parte Grayson · 479 So. 2d 76
Williams v. State · 710 So. 2d 1276
Taylor v. State · 666 So. 2d 36
Ex Parte Williams · 710 So. 2d 1350
Ex Parte Rieber · 663 So. 2d 999
Holladay v. State · 549 So. 2d 122
Burton v. State · 651 So. 2d 641
Ex Parte Holladay · 549 So. 2d 135
Oryang v. State · 642 So. 2d 979
Ex Parte Bankhead · 585 So. 2d 112
Ex Parte Taylor · 666 So. 2d 73
Ex Parte Slaton · 680 So. 2d 909
Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296
Ex Parte Henderson · 583 So. 2d 305
State v. Moore · 166 S.E.2d 652
Harris v. State · 632 So. 2d 503
Bui v. State · 551 So. 2d 1094
Arant v. State · 167 So. 540
Boyd v. State · 715 So. 2d 825

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Ex Parte Melson · 775 So. 2d 904
Petric v. State · 157 So. 3d 176
McWhorter v. State · 781 So. 2d 257
Woods v. State · 789 So. 2d 896
Reynolds v. State · 114 So. 3d 61
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Whitehead v. State · 777 So. 2d 781
Minor v. State · 914 So. 2d 372
Harris v. State · 2 So. 3d 880
Thomas v. State · 824 So. 2d 1
Wilson v. State · 142 So. 3d 732
Barber v. State · 952 So. 2d 393
McCray v. State · 88 So. 3d 1
Morris v. State · 60 So. 3d 326
McMillan v. State · 139 So. 3d 184
Mitchell v. State · 84 So. 3d 968
Benjamin v. State · 940 So. 2d 371
Harrison v. State · 869 So. 2d 509
State v. Montgomery · 968 So. 2d 543
Smith v. State · 213 So. 3d 255
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Ex Parte Waldrop · 859 So. 2d 1181
Oregon v. Guzek · 546 U.S. 517
Taylor v. State · 808 So. 2d 1148
Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134

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