State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Phelps v. State

Decided March 29, 1983. William M. Bowen Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

435 So. 2d 158 · Cited 109 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.

Fulghum v. State · 277 So. 2d 886
Burns v. State · 155 So. 561
Williams v. State · 39 So. 2d 37
State v. Freeman · 170 S.E.2d 461
Lee v. State · 18 So. 2d 706
Bryson v. State · 84 So. 2d 785
State v. Williams · 526 P.2d 1384
Layne v. State · 310 So. 2d 249
Chavers v. State · 361 So. 2d 1106
Eakes v. State · 387 So. 2d 855
Voudrie v. State · 387 So. 2d 248
Morgan v. State · 363 So. 2d 1013
Lewis v. State · 96 Ala. 6
Carroll v. State · 370 So. 2d 749
Northington v. State · 413 So. 2d 1169
Wesley v. State · 424 So. 2d 648
Ex Parte Voudrie · 387 So. 2d 256
White v. State · 380 So. 2d 348
Bennett v. State · 409 So. 2d 936
Ex Parte Howell · 431 So. 2d 1328
Akers v. State · 399 So. 2d 929
Hunter v. State · 335 So. 2d 203
Ex parte Lewis v. State · 193 Ala. 677

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