State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Thompson v. State

Decided January 18, 1991. John C. Tyson III wrote the opinion for the court.

581 So. 2d 1216 · Cited 86 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.

United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648
Thompson v. State · 503 So. 2d 871
Ex Parte Thompson · 503 So. 2d 887
Ex Parte Rudolph · 162 So. 2d 486
Affronti v. United States · 350 U.S. 79
Summers v. State · 366 So. 2d 336
McLaren v. State · 353 So. 2d 24
Ex Parte McLaren · 353 So. 2d 35
Patton v. State · 21 So. 2d 844
Ex parte Summers · 366 So. 2d 346
Jackson v. State · 501 So. 2d 542
Ex Parte Waldrop · 459 So. 2d 959
Primm v. State · 473 So. 2d 1149
Ex Parte Ellison · 410 So. 2d 130
Sparks v. State · 450 So. 2d 188
Bass v. State · 417 So. 2d 582
Baldwin v. State · 539 So. 2d 1103
Young v. State · 469 So. 2d 683
Boatwright v. State · 494 So. 2d 929
Bradley v. State · 557 So. 2d 1339
Howard v. State · 506 So. 2d 351

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