Wallace v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shadle v. State · 394 So. 2d 967 - Inglish v. United Services General Life Co. · 394 So. 2d 977 - Ex Parte Durden · 373 So. 2d 1274 - Kennedy v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“'. . . It is, of course, axiomatic that the grant or denial of a motion for mistrial is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court which will only be disturbed upon a showing of manifest abuse; no such abuse is evident here. Shadle v. State , 280 Ala. 379 , 194 So.2d 538 (1967); Kennedy v. State, supra , [Ala. Cr. App., 373 So.2d 1274 (1979)]; § 12-16-233 , Code of Alabama 1975.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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