Luker v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · 46 Ala. App. 722 - Parks v. State · 55 Ala. App. 88 - Bass v. State · Boswell v. State · 48 Ala. App. 726 - Eady v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“". . . The sentence prescribed and imposed was authorized by the law under which appellant was prosecuted. The evidence disclosed that he was a multiple drug convicted felon. This was his third narcotic conviction and the sentence was authorized by Title 22, Section 258 (53) Code of Alabama 1940. . . ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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