Peterson v. State

Decided June 29, 1933. Lucien D. Gardner wrote the opinion for the court.

150 So. 156 · Cited 62 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.

• McPherson v. State · 198 Ala. 5
• Mitchell v. Birmingham News Co. · 137 So. 422
• Clark v. United States · 289 U.S. 1
• Batson v. State Ex Rel. Davis · 113 So. 300
• Birmingham Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. Blackwell · 128 So. 389
• Spooney v. State · 115 So. 308
• Caples v. Young · 89 So. 460
• Tannehill v. State · 159 Ala. 51
• Montgomery v. State · 85 So. 785
• Alabama Power Co. v. Hall · 103 So. 867
• Gibson v. State · 193 Ala. 12
• Gholston v. State · 130 So. 69
• Dukes v. State · 98 So. 368
• State v. Sanders · 88 S.E. 10
• Patterson v. State · 141 So. 195
• Tucker v. State · 79 So. 303
• James v. State · 170 Ala. 72
• Pettus v. Louisville N. R. Co. · 106 So. 807
• Griswold v. Duke · 140 So. 427
• Davis v. Anderson · 163 Ala. 385
• Walker v. State · 146 Ala. 45
• Alabama Power Co. v. Berry · 130 So. 541
• Thomas v. State · 117 Ala. 178

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• Fuller v. State · 113 So. 2d 153
• Norris v. State · 156 So. 556
• Patterson v. State · 175 So. 371
• Thomas v. State · 539 So. 2d 375
• Weems v. State · 182 So. 3
• Gray v. State · 375 So. 2d 994
• Nobis v. State · 401 So. 2d 191
• Arant v. State · 167 So. 540
• State v. Bischert · 308 P.2d 969
• Vernon v. State · 196 So. 96
• Jones v. Americar, Inc. · 219 So. 2d 893
• Jarrell v. State · 36 So. 2d 336
• Louisville N. R. Co. v. Scott · 167 So. 572
• Willingham v. State · 80 So. 2d 280
• Peterson v. State · 166 So. 20
• Little v. Sugg · 8 So. 2d 866
• Stewart v. State · 405 So. 2d 402
• Reeves v. State · 68 So. 2d 14
• Alabama Fuel & Iron Co. v. Powaski · 166 So. 782
• Redus v. State · 9 So. 2d 914
• Ball v. State · 42 So. 2d 626
• Wyatt v. State · 57 So. 2d 350
• Birmingham Electric Co. v. Yoast · 57 So. 2d 103
• Tolliver v. State · 282 So. 2d 92
• Birmingham News Co. v. Payne · 162 So. 116

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