Summers v. State

Decided May 24, 1977. John Oscar Harris wrote the opinion for the court.

348 So. 2d 1126 · Cited 67 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.

• Parsons v. State · 38 So. 2d 209
• Barnett v. State · 291 So. 2d 353
• Jackson v. State · 155 So. 581
• Davis v. State · 105 So. 677
• Tarver v. State · 303 So. 2d 161
• Sparks v. State · 242 So. 2d 403
• State v. Oliver · 32 Ohio St. 2d 109
• Crutcher v. State · 316 So. 2d 716
• Smyth v. White · 195 Va. 169
• Brown v. State · 24 So. 2d 223
• The People v. Williams · 85 N.E.2d 828
• Gassenheimer v. State · 52 Ala. 313
• Johnson v. State · 335 So. 2d 663
• Colston v. State · 325 So. 2d 520
• Lowe v. State · 134 Ala. 154
• Jeter v. State · 339 So. 2d 91

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• Perkins v. State · 808 So. 2d 1041
• Black v. State · 401 So. 2d 320
• Ex Parte Randle · 554 So. 2d 1131
• Hammonds v. State · 410 So. 2d 908
• Summers v. State · 366 So. 2d 336
• Williams v. State · 710 So. 2d 1276
• Harris v. State · 632 So. 2d 503
• Ex Parte Windsor · 683 So. 2d 1042
• Miller v. State · 405 So. 2d 41
• Bush v. State · 431 So. 2d 555
• Thomas v. State · 766 So. 2d 860
• Windsor v. State · 683 So. 2d 1027
• Davis v. State · 740 So. 2d 1115
• Smith v. State · 797 So. 2d 503
• Coleman v. State · 487 So. 2d 1380
• McGowan v. State · 990 So. 2d 931
• Rowell v. State · 570 So. 2d 848
• Garrison v. State · 372 So. 2d 55
• Speigner v. State · 369 So. 2d 39
• Thompson v. State · 374 So. 2d 377
• Chambers v. State · 364 So. 2d 416
• Hurst v. State · 356 So. 2d 1224
• Prock v. State · 471 So. 2d 519
• Moseley v. State · 357 So. 2d 390
• Wilbourn v. State · 457 So. 2d 1001

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