State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Powell v. State

Decided November 10, 1988. William M. Bowen Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

548 So. 2d 590 · Cited 100 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.

Ex Parte Branch · 526 So. 2d 609
People v. Rodriguez · 52 N.Y.2d 483
Timmons v. City of Montgomery, Ala. · 658 F. Supp. 1086
State v. Antwine · 743 S.W.2d 51
Brown v. Texas · 443 U.S. 47
People v. Superior Court · 496 P.2d 1205
People v. Montgomery · 494 N.E.2d 475
Reese v. State · 243 S.E.2d 650
People v. Brady · 16 N.Y.2d 186
Jones v. Commonwealth · 334 S.E.2d 536
State v. Valenzuela · 589 P.2d 1306
State v. Hirsch · 267 Or. 613
Black v. Wilson · 198 So. 2d 286
Bishop v. State · 518 So. 2d 829
State v. Slappy · 522 So. 2d 18
Currin v. State · 535 So. 2d 221
Acres v. State · 548 So. 2d 459
Commonwealth v. Grammo · 395 N.E.2d 476
Ex Parte Pugh · 493 So. 2d 393
United States v. Allen · 666 F. Supp. 847
Pugh v. State · 493 So. 2d 388
Lundy v. State · 539 So. 2d 324
People v. Anderson · 149 Cal. App. 3d 1161
State v. Butler · 461 So. 2d 922

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