609 So. 2d 449 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Braunstein Et Al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · 529 So. 2d 1074 - Ross v. State · 600 So. 2d 1088 - Drayton v. State · M. J. Wiman, Warden v. Jimmy Argo, Alias, Jimmy Argo, Alias v. M. J. Wiman, Warden · 587 So. 2d 1106 - Foster v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Neither an unlawful arrest, Coral v. State , 551 So.2d 1181 , 1182 (Ala.Cr.App. 1989), nor the failure of the grand jury foreman to endorse the indictment `a true bill,' see Noah v. State , 494 So.2d 870 , 871 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986), affects the fundamental power of the court to proceed with the prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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