¶1Sup. Ct. Ala.; and
¶2Sup. Ct. Ark. Cer-tiorari denied. Reported below: No. 78-5696, 361 So. 2d 640; No. 78-5759, 261 Ark. 895, 553 S. W. 2d 259.
439 U.S. 1122
Jacobs v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 15, 1979
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1979-01-15
Relies on 361 So. 2d 640 - Jacobs v. State · Woodard v. State
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1979-01-15
How this case has been cited
Cited by 175 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2010 · most notably Rakas v. Illinois (1979), Hutto v. Finney (1979)
17 federal appellate · 9 district · 119 state decisions — followed in 22 states
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