57 Ala. App. 425 - Buttram v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 2008
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 53 Ala. App. 581 - Edgerson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“there is no evidence of [Mr. Buttram's] having a degree of disturbance sufficient to destroy or impair his competency or his criminal responsibility, either presently or at any time in the past. He should be promptly returned to the judicial system.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as to the defendant's competency to stand trial on December 19, 1974, and, additionally, his present competency to stand trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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