White v. State

Decided May 22, 1975. James H. Faulkner wrote the opinion for the court.

314 So. 2d 857 · Cited 125 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.

• Brown v. Mobile Electric Co. · 91 So. 802
• Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
• Lowe v. State · 105 So. 829
• Smith v. State · 210 So. 2d 826
• Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. Bishop · 89 So. 2d 738
• Headley v. State · 283 So. 2d 458
• Thomas v. State · 31 So. 2d 71
• Ledbetter-Johnson Company v. Hawkins · 103 So. 2d 748
• Padgett v. State · 269 So. 2d 147
• Carpenter v. Walker · 170 Ala. 659
• Crawford v. State · 78 So. 2d 291
• Benefit Ass'n of Ry. Employees v. Armbruster · 116 So. 164
• McPhearson v. State · 125 So. 2d 709
• Rogers v. State · 268 So. 2d 859
• Ballard v. State · 286 So. 2d 68
• Gaines v. State · 288 So. 2d 810
• Davis v. State · 18 So. 2d 282
• Hubbert v. State · 27 So. 2d 228

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