Watson v. State

Decided October 28, 1980. John P. Decarlo wrote the opinion for the court.

392 So. 2d 1274 · Cited 153 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.

• McDonald v. Massachusetts · 180 U.S. 311
• Prussian v. United States · 282 U.S. 675
• Graham v. West Virginia · 224 U.S. 616
• Ireland v. State · 250 So. 2d 602
• Highsmith v. State · 314 So. 2d 874
• People v. Braswell · 284 P. 709
• Garrison v. Sumners · 134 So. 675
• State v. Smith · 34 So. 2d 533
• Holmes v. Lambreth · 163 Ala. 460

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