State Court of Appeals / Ala. Crim. App.

Williams v. State

Decided November 1, 1996. John Malcolm Patterson wrote the opinion for the court.

710 So. 2d 1276 · Cited 201 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.

Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
Kuenzel v. State · 577 So. 2d 474
Giglio v. United States · 405 U.S. 150
Ex Parte Harrell · 470 So. 2d 1309
Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449
Napue v. Illinois · 360 U.S. 264
Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320
United States v. Dixon · 509 U.S. 688
Ex Parte Bankhead · 585 So. 2d 112
Ex Parte Kennedy · 472 So. 2d 1106
Hallford v. State · 548 So. 2d 526
Kennedy v. State · 472 So. 2d 1092
Morrison v. State · 500 So. 2d 36
Gray v. State · 482 So. 2d 1318
Edwards v. State · 515 So. 2d 86
Thornton v. State · 570 So. 2d 762
Wells v. State · 292 So. 2d 471
Bennett v. State · 789 S.W.2d 436
Holland v. United States · 348 U.S. 121
Haney v. State · 603 So. 2d 368
Ex Parte Haney · 603 So. 2d 412
Hooks v. State · 534 So. 2d 329
Henderson v. State · 583 So. 2d 276
Anderson v. State · 362 So. 2d 1296

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Ferguson v. State · 814 So. 2d 925
Jackson v. State · 791 So. 2d 979
Ferguson v. State · 814 So. 2d 925
Ex Parte Williams · 710 So. 2d 1350
Wilson v. State · 777 So. 2d 856
Clark v. State · 896 So. 2d 584
Wilson v. State · 142 So. 3d 732
Sneed v. State · 1 So. 3d 104
Thompson v. State · 153 So. 3d 84
Spencer v. State · 58 So. 3d 215
Johnson v. State · 120 So. 3d 1130
Gavin v. State · 891 So. 2d 907
Price v. State · 725 So. 2d 1003
Taylor v. State · 808 So. 2d 1148
Broadnax v. State · 825 So. 2d 134
Travis v. State · 776 So. 2d 819
Melson v. State · 775 So. 2d 857
McNabb v. State · 887 So. 2d 929
Reeves v. State · 807 So. 2d 18

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