State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Ross v. State

Decided June 28, 1988. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

529 So. 2d 1074 · Cited 91 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.

Crews v. State · 112 So. 2d 805
State v. Baker · 108 So. 2d 361
Albrecht v. United States · 273 U.S. 1
Allen v. State · 472 So. 2d 1122
State Ex Rel. Baxley v. Strawbridge · 296 So. 2d 779
Whirley v. State · 481 So. 2d 1151
State Ex Rel. Baxley v. Strawbridge · 296 So. 2d 784
Hargett v. State · 54 Ala. App. 544
Ex Parte State · 528 So. 2d 1159
City of Dothan v. Holloway · 501 So. 2d 1136
Barbee v. State · 417 So. 2d 611
Butler v. State · 130 Ala. 127
Dingler v. State · 408 So. 2d 530
Sharpe v. State · 340 So. 2d 885
Mason v. City of Vestavia Hills · 518 So. 2d 221
Sherrod v. State · 197 Ala. 286
Ex Parte State · 481 So. 2d 1154
Updyke v. State · 501 So. 2d 566
Tinsley v. State · 485 So. 2d 1249
Shiflett v. State · 507 So. 2d 1056
Edwards v. State · 480 So. 2d 1259
Ex Parte Edwards · 480 So. 2d 1264
In RE SHARPE v. State · 340 So. 2d 889
Griffin v. State · 428 So. 2d 213
Smith v. State · 148 So. 860

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R.W.L. v. State · 706 So. 2d 1314
Smith v. State · 777 So. 2d 322
Tucker v. State · 956 So. 2d 1170
RJK v. State · 782 So. 2d 851
Ex Parte Cole · 842 So. 2d 605
Long v. State · 675 So. 2d 532
Ex Parte Looney · 797 So. 2d 427
Davis v. State · 806 So. 2d 404
Ex Parte Peterson · 890 So. 2d 990
Batey v. State · 755 So. 2d 593
Ellis v. State · 686 So. 2d 1265
Eiland v. State · 668 So. 2d 147
Turner v. State · 51 So. 3d 394
R.J.K. v. State · 782 So. 2d 851
Brooks v. State · 555 So. 2d 337
Turner v. State · 854 So. 2d 162
Callahan v. State · 557 So. 2d 1292
Ex Parte Hardy · 804 So. 2d 298
Ingram v. State · 570 So. 2d 835
Gilchrist v. State · 585 So. 2d 165
Hall v. State · 655 So. 2d 51

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