Washington v. State

Decided April 2, 1953. Robert Tennent Simpson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

259 Ala. 104 · Cited 85 times

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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 · 95 So. 171
• Broadway v. State · 257 Ala. 414
• Birmingham Baptist Hospital, Inc. v. Blackwell · 128 So. 389
• Maund v. State · 48 So. 2d 553
• American Ry. Express Co. v. Reid · 113 So. 507
• Bell v. State · 149 So. 687
• Slaughter v. State · 185 So. 373
• Townsell v. State · 52 So. 2d 186
• James v. State · 21 So. 2d 847
• Thomas v. State · 165 So. 833
• O'Pryor v. State · 185 So. 374
• Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Purifoy · 145 So. 321
• May v. State · 95 So. 279
• May v. State · 209 Ala. 72

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• Taylor v. State · 97 So. 2d 802
• Beals v. State · 533 So. 2d 717
• Beecher v. State · 320 So. 2d 727
• Espey v. State · 120 So. 2d 904
• Aaron v. State · 139 So. 2d 309
• Ex Parte Yarber · 375 So. 2d 1231
• Christian v. State · 351 So. 2d 623
• Minor v. State · 914 So. 2d 372
• Clark v. Hudson · 93 So. 2d 138
• Lee v. State · 93 So. 2d 757
• Harris v. State · 2 So. 3d 880
• Johnson v. State · 133 So. 2d 53
• McLemore v. INTERNATIONAL UNION, ETC. · 88 So. 2d 170
• Gibson v. State · 347 So. 2d 576
• Thompson v. State · 153 So. 3d 84
• Veith v. State · 267 So. 2d 480
• Welch v. State · 81 So. 2d 901
• Seals v. State · 122 So. 2d 513
• Lawson v. State · 377 So. 2d 1115
• McCall v. State · 79 So. 2d 51
• King v. State · 230 So. 2d 538

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