52 Ala. App. 257 - Bates v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 44 Ala. App. 559 - Livingston v. State · 40 Ala. App. 689 - Behel v. State · Dickson v. Dinsmore · Davis v. State · Brown v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“". . . (T)hat a defendant who becomes a witness for himself, submits himself to cross-examination as any other witness; and that he may be cross-examined on statements in conflict with his testimony without a showing that such statements were voluntary and were, therefore, inadmissible as a confession."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The jury may reasonably infer intent to steal from the presence of the accused in the store under circumstances showing a breaking and entering.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Spears v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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