State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Thomas v. State

Decided March 22, 1988. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

539 So. 2d 375 · Cited 76 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.

Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296
Langham v. State · 494 So. 2d 910
Nelson v. State · 440 So. 2d 1130
Houston v. State · 95 So. 145
Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Peterson v. State · 150 So. 156
Robinson v. State · 430 So. 2d 883
Ex Parte Grayson · 479 So. 2d 76
Ex Parte Rutledge · 523 So. 2d 1118
Green v. State · 64 So. 2d 84
McDonald v. State · 165 Ala. 85
Ex Parte Beam · 512 So. 2d 723
Willingham v. State · 80 So. 2d 280
Grayson v. State · 479 So. 2d 69
McDonald v. State · 1 So. 2d 658
Gray v. State · 319 So. 2d 750
Beck v. State · 396 So. 2d 645
Ex Parte Kennedy · 472 So. 2d 1106
Nobis v. State · 401 So. 2d 191
Ex Parte Arthur · 472 So. 2d 665
Ex Parte Nobis · 401 So. 2d 204
Kennedy v. State · 472 So. 2d 1092
Alabama Power Co. v. Henderson · 342 So. 2d 323
Thompson v. State · 503 So. 2d 871
McLaren v. State · 353 So. 2d 24

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