Twilley v. State

Decided March 26, 1985. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

472 So. 2d 1130 · Cited 87 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.

• Freeman v. Hall · 238 So. 2d 330
• Mason v. State · 66 So. 2d 557
• McLaney v. Turner · 104 So. 2d 315
• Byrd v. State · 57 So. 2d 388
• McCoy v. State · 166 So. 769
• Adams v. State · 279 So. 2d 488
• Keith v. State · 46 So. 2d 705
• Golden v. State · 103 So. 2d 62
• Stallings v. State · 32 So. 2d 236
• Levert v. State · 42 So. 2d 532
• St. Clair County v. Martin · 139 So. 2d 617
• Watson v. State · 398 So. 2d 320
• Ott v. Fox · 362 So. 2d 836
• S.S. Kresge Co. v. Ruby · 348 So. 2d 484
• Trawick v. State · 431 So. 2d 574
• Walker v. Cardwell · 348 So. 2d 1049
• Robins Engineering, Inc. v. Cockrell · 354 So. 2d 1
• Sparks v. State · 376 So. 2d 834
• Cheatham v. State · 431 So. 2d 1350
• Ex Parte Watson · 398 So. 2d 332
• Bickerstaff v. State · 369 So. 2d 315
• Baldwin v. State · 342 So. 2d 940
• Scruggs v. State · 380 So. 2d 313
• Roberts v. State · 338 So. 2d 466
• Coleman v. State · 452 So. 2d 1355

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