Wilson v. State

Decided May 14, 1942. William H. Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

8 So. 2d 422 · Cited 141 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.

• McDowell v. State · 189 So. 183
• City of Dothan v. Hardy · 188 So. 264
• Sovereign Camp W. O. W. v. Ward · 196 Ala. 327
• Westmoreland v. United States · 155 U.S. 545
• Key v. State · 197 So. 364
• Roan v. State · 143 So. 454
• Morrison v. Clark · 196 Ala. 670
• Citizen's L. H. & P. Co. v. Lee · 182 Ala. 561
• Pollard v. Rogers · 173 So. 881
• Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Maddox · 128 So. 383
• Stinson v. State · 135 So. 571
• Barfield v. South Highlands Infirmary · 68 So. 30
• Brown v. State · 118 Ala. 111
• Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Chambers · 146 So. 524
• Griffin v. State · 150 Ala. 49
• Ivory v. State · 186 So. 460
• Bowen v. State · 140 Ala. 65
• McCoy v. State · 170 Ala. 10
• Peters v. State · 200 So. 404
• Batson v. Batson · 117 So. 10
• Canty v. State · 191 So. 260
• International Harvester Co. v. Williams · 133 So. 270
• Hurston v. State · 178 So. 223
• United States v. Goodloe · 86 So. 546
• Reeder v. State · 97 So. 73

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• Funches v. State · 299 So. 2d 771
• Phillips v. State · 28 So. 2d 542
• State v. Jackson · 203 A.2d 1
• Fuller v. State · 113 So. 2d 153
• Cochran v. State · 500 So. 2d 1161
• Smith v. State · 210 So. 2d 826
• Stokley v. State · 49 So. 2d 284
• Daniels v. State · 11 So. 2d 756
• Willingham v. State · 74 So. 2d 241
• Grandquest v. Williams · 135 So. 2d 391
• Hall v. State · 26 So. 2d 566
• Rowe v. State · 11 So. 2d 749
• Welch v. Houston County Hosp. Bd. · 502 So. 2d 340
• Hurst v. State · 469 So. 2d 720
• Motes v. State · 356 So. 2d 712
• Howard v. State · 420 So. 2d 828
• Troup v. State · 26 So. 2d 611
• Nelson v. Lee · 32 So. 2d 22
• Odom v. State · 46 So. 2d 1
• Albright v. State · 280 So. 2d 186
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