488 So. 2d 15 - McDougal v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1990
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 361 So. 2d 1106 - Chavers v. State · 471 So. 2d 1265 - Manning v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"It is fundamental that `[a]n individual accused of the greater offense has a right to have the court charge on the lesser offenses included in the indictment, when there is a reasonable theory from the evidence supporting his position.' Chavers v. State , 361 So.2d 1106 , 1107 (Ala. 1978)."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilkerson v. State
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