Relf v. State

Decided November 7, 1957. Pelham J. Merrill wrote the opinion for the court.

99 So. 2d 216 · Cited 66 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.

• Clark v. State · 87 So. 2d 669
• Richards v. Williams · 165 So. 820
• Pate v. State · 14 So. 2d 251
• Lane v. State · 87 So. 2d 668
• Watkins v. Kelley · 80 So. 2d 247
• Stallings v. Clark · 117 So. 467
• Duke v. State · 89 So. 2d 102
• McDaniel v. State · 96 So. 2d 319
• Folmar v. First Nat. Bank of Montgomery · 137 So. 777
• Merritt v. Carter · 9 So. 2d 779

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• Rushing v. State · 113 So. 2d 527
• Moore v. Ashe · 269 Ala. 359
• Ferguson v. State · 55 Ala. App. 135
• Stockard v. State · 55 Ala. App. 369
• Ellison v. State · 312 So. 2d 632
• Seibert v. State · 298 So. 2d 649
• Morris v. State · 104 So. 2d 810
• Conner v. State · 289 So. 2d 650
• White v. City of Birmingham · 130 So. 2d 231
• Keeton v. State · 175 So. 2d 774
• Ex Parte Loyd · 155 So. 2d 519
• Wanninger v. Lange · 108 So. 2d 331
• Hornbuckle v. State · 105 So. 2d 864
• Colburn v. State · 112 So. 2d 800
• McCulley v. Stroud · 243 So. 2d 28
• Ridgeway v. Lovelady · 268 Ala. 503
• Welch v. State · 271 Ala. 199
• Albert v. State · 274 Ala. 579
• Keene v. State · 272 Ala. 596
• Sweat v. State · 54 Ala. App. 111
• White v. State · 55 Ala. App. 58
• Goolsby v. State · 344 So. 2d 224
• Freeman v. State · 272 Ala. 412
• Johnsey-Reed Brothers Coal Company v. Sanders · 275 Ala. 339
• Underwood v. Estes · 267 Ala. 406

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