State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Tarver v. State

Decided June 10, 1986. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

500 So. 2d 1232 · Cited 66 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.

White v. State · 629 S.W.2d 701
Miller v. State · 275 So. 2d 675
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
Shadle v. State · 194 So. 2d 538
Woods v. State · 367 So. 2d 982
Sanders v. State · 426 So. 2d 497
Ex Parte Jones · 456 So. 2d 380
State v. Tharp · 256 P.2d 482
Wadsworth v. State · 439 So. 2d 790
Smith v. State · 161 So. 538
Bridges v. State · 295 So. 2d 266
Wynn v. State · 423 So. 2d 294
Kilpatrick v. State · 285 So. 2d 525
Williams v. State · 15 So. 2d 572
State v. Canada · 481 P.2d 859
Blevins v. State · 319 So. 2d 734
Whitehurst v. State · 288 So. 2d 152
Grace v. State · 431 So. 2d 1331
Whitehurst v. State · 288 So. 2d 160
Frazier v. State · 263 So. 2d 511
Ex Parte Sheffield · 392 So. 2d 1237
Malone v. State · 421 So. 2d 1357
Cumbo v. State · 368 So. 2d 871
Ex Parte Cumbo · 368 So. 2d 877
Ex Parte Kennedy · 472 So. 2d 1106

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Brownlee v. State · 545 So. 2d 151
Hinton v. State · 548 So. 2d 547
Holland v. State · 668 So. 2d 107
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Dill v. State · 600 So. 2d 343
Holladay v. State · 549 So. 2d 122
Boyd v. State · 746 So. 2d 364
Harris v. State · 632 So. 2d 503
Travis v. State · 776 So. 2d 819
McLeod v. State · 581 So. 2d 1144
Porter v. State · 520 So. 2d 235
Pierce v. State · 576 So. 2d 236
Williams v. State · 627 So. 2d 985
Freeman v. State · 555 So. 2d 196
Dubose v. State · 662 So. 2d 1189
Ex Parte Tarver · 500 So. 2d 1256
Whisenhant v. State · 555 So. 2d 219
Thompson v. State · 542 So. 2d 1286
Coral v. State · 628 So. 2d 988
Hobbs v. State · 669 So. 2d 1030
Dubose v. State · 662 So. 2d 1156
Ex Parte Hamlett · 815 So. 2d 499
Ex Parte Deramus · 721 So. 2d 242

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