State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Summers v. State

Decided November 21, 1978. William M. Bowen Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

366 So. 2d 336 · Cited 99 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.

Ex Parte Gammon · 52 So. 2d 369
Echols v. State · 164 So. 2d 486
Ex Parte Williams · 108 So. 2d 454
Johnson v. Williams · 13 So. 2d 683
Brown v. State · 35 So. 2d 518
Butler v. State · 184 So. 2d 823
Arledge v. State · 329 So. 2d 613
Groce v. State · 267 So. 2d 499
Redus v. Williams · 13 So. 2d 561
King v. State · 349 So. 2d 620
Ex Parte Taylor · 32 So. 2d 659
Tillis v. State · 296 So. 2d 892
Smith v. State · 16 So. 2d 315
Ex Parte Rudolph · 162 So. 2d 486
Seibert v. State · 343 So. 2d 788
Thomas v. State · 190 So. 2d 542
Taylor v. State · 287 So. 2d 901
Cooper v. Wiman · 145 So. 2d 216
Ison v. State · 200 So. 2d 511
Mayola v. State · 344 So. 2d 818
Ex Parte Mayola · 344 So. 2d 822
Edwards v. State · 150 So. 2d 710
Adkins v. State · 93 So. 2d 522
Warden v. State · 134 So. 2d 783
Argo v. State · 280 Ala. 707

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Ex Parte Lawley · 512 So. 2d 1370
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Bell v. State · 518 So. 2d 840
Haynes v. State · 461 So. 2d 869
Holsclaw v. State · 429 So. 2d 1185
Pace v. State · 369 So. 2d 1281
Duren v. State · 590 So. 2d 360
Holladay v. State · 629 So. 2d 673
Moore v. State · 457 So. 2d 981
Gwin v. State · 456 So. 2d 845
Longmire v. State · 443 So. 2d 1265
Hope v. State · 521 So. 2d 1383
Baker v. State · 477 So. 2d 496
Jackson v. State · 501 So. 2d 542
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