Stokley v. State

Decided December 7, 1950. Thomas S. Lawson wrote the opinion for the court.

49 So. 2d 284 · Cited 104 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.

• State v. Burch · 200 N.W. 442
• Betts v. Brady · 316 U.S. 455
• Jin Fuey Moy v. United States · 254 U.S. 189
• Wilson v. State · 8 So. 2d 422
• Jones v. State · 174 Ala. 53
• Parsons v. State · 38 So. 2d 209
• Teague v. State · 16 So. 2d 877
• Helms v. State · 47 So. 2d 276
• Woodard v. State · 44 So. 2d 241
• Russo v. State · 181 So. 502
• Huckabee v. State · 159 Ala. 45
• Snead v. State · 38 So. 2d 576
• Grant v. State · 33 So. 2d 466
• People v. O'Neill · 78 Cal. App. 2d 888
• McMahan v. State · 168 Ala. 70
• Byrd v. State · 104 So. 830
• Harris v. State · 242 P. 411
• Bennett v. State · 29 So. 2d 217
• Agnes v. People · 93 P.2d 891
• Canty v. State · 11 So. 2d 844
• Walker v. State · 150 Ala. 87
• Cameron v. Rowland · 40 So. 2d 1
• Odom v. State · 46 So. 2d 1
• Croft v. State · 95 Ala. 3

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