Oliver v. State

Decided March 12, 1936. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

166 So. 615 · Cited 65 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.

• Kilpatrick v. State · 104 So. 656
• Anderson v. State · 95 So. 171
• Roan v. State · 143 So. 454
• Leith v. State · 90 So. 687
• Bachelor v. State · 113 So. 67
• Sharp v. State · 193 Ala. 22
• Lakey v. State · 89 So. 605
• Bell v. State · 149 So. 687
• Whittle v. State · 89 So. 43
• Peterson v. State · 166 So. 20
• Hudson v. State · 116 So. 800
• Granberry v. State · 184 Ala. 5
• Riley v. State · 96 So. 599
• Bass v. State · 122 So. 45
• Laws v. State · 144 Ala. 118
• Ledlow v. State · 129 So. 282
• Aylward v. State · 113 So. 22
• Williams v. State · 138 So. 291
• Satterfield v. State · 102 So. 691
• Petty v. State · 140 So. 585
• Ruff v. State · 159 So. 94
• Ala. Great Southern R. R. v. Hill · 90 Ala. 71
• Gast v. State · 167 So. 554
• Rickard v. State · 74 Ind. 275
• Gross v. State · 165 So. 840

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• Miles v. State · 261 Ala. 670
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• Yelton v. State · 277 So. 2d 912
• Eaton v. State · 177 So. 2d 444
• Redus v. State · 9 So. 2d 914
• Pierce v. State · 851 So. 2d 558
• Shadle v. State · 194 So. 2d 538
• Woods v. State · 367 So. 2d 982
• Hubbard v. State · 215 So. 2d 261
• Boulden v. State · 179 So. 2d 20
• Lokos v. State · 179 So. 2d 714
• Lee v. State · 93 So. 2d 757
• Burns v. State · 19 So. 2d 450
• Bascom v. State · 344 So. 2d 218
• Pilley v. State · 25 So. 2d 57
• Dannelly v. State · 254 So. 2d 434
• Campbell v. State · 58 So. 2d 623
• King v. State · 95 So. 2d 816
• Harnage v. State · 274 So. 2d 333
• Dunn v. State · 166 So. 2d 878
• Clark v. State · 197 So. 23
• McCall v. State · 79 So. 2d 51
• Oliver v. State · 175 So. 305
• Wise v. State · 38 So. 2d 553
• Howard v. State · 178 So. 2d 520

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