Spooney v. State

Decided January 26, 1928. Joel B. Brown wrote the opinion for the court.

115 So. 308 · Cited 59 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.

• Brandon v. Progress Distilling Co. · 167 Ala. 365
• Zininam v. State · 186 Ala. 9
• J. H. Arnold & Co. v. Gibson · 113 So. 25
• Donahoo Horse & Mule Co. v. Durick · 193 Ala. 456
• Kreutner v. State · 80 So. 125
• Brown v. Gay-Padgett Hardware Co. · 186 Ala. 561
• Tennison v. State · 188 Ala. 90
• Nelson v. State · 130 Ala. 83
• Fields v. State · 52 Ala. 348
• De Bardelaben v. State · 88 So. 827
• Lewis v. State · 88 So. 831

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• Roan v. State · 143 So. 454
• Doss v. State · 123 So. 231
• Thigpen v. State · 270 So. 2d 666
• Peterson v. State · 150 So. 156
• Gayden v. State · 80 So. 2d 501
• Breed v. Atlanta, B. C. R. Co. · 4 So. 2d 315
• Fidelity-Phenix Fire Ins. Co. of New York v. Murphy · 166 So. 604
• Sovereign Camp, W. O .W. v. Hoomes · 122 So. 686
• Bennett v. Bennett · 140 So. 378
• Stinson v. State · 135 So. 571
• Hendley v. First Nat. Bank of Huntsville · 180 So. 667
• Vernon v. State · 200 So. 560
• Parker v. State · 94 So. 2d 209
• Penton v. Penton · 135 So. 481
• Bass v. State · 122 So. 45
• Livingston v. Browder · 285 So. 2d 923
• Rush v. State · 45 So. 2d 761
• Hurt v. Knox · 126 So. 110
• State v. Ballard · 341 So. 2d 957
• Smallwood v. State · 179 So. 217
• Davis v. Teague · 125 So. 51
• Meadows v. State · 473 So. 2d 582
• Irwin v. State · 124 So. 410
• Associated Industries of Alabama, Inc. v. State · 314 So. 2d 879
• Douglas v. State · 281 So. 2d 652

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