Payne v. State

Decided February 8, 1972. Aubrey Marion Cates Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

265 So. 2d 185 · Cited 53 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.

• Mathis v. State · 189 So. 2d 564
• Coleman v. Alabama · 377 U.S. 129
• Cobern v. State · 142 So. 2d 869
• McDowell v. State · 189 So. 183
• Patton v. State · 21 So. 2d 844
• Rowe v. State · 11 So. 2d 749
• Lee v. State · 20 So. 2d 471
• Brooks v. State · 29 So. 2d 4
• Tiner v. State · 122 So. 2d 738
• Collins v. State · 174 So. 296
• Cosby v. State · 114 So. 2d 250
• Littlefield v. State · 63 So. 2d 573
• Coleman v. State · 164 So. 2d 704
• Teague v. State · 120 Ala. 309
• Simoneaux v. Copolymer Rubber & Chemical Corp. · 189 So. 2d 745

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