Robinson v. State

Ex Parte Willie Joe Robinson. (Re Willie Joe Robinson v. State of Alabama).

Robinson v. State, 584 So. 2d 542 (Ala. 1991)

Court: Supreme Court of Alabama · State Highest Courts
Decided: August 9, 1991
Docket: No. 1900932
Judges: Hornsby, Almon, Adams, Steagall, Ingram
Citations: 584 So. 2d 5421991 Ala. LEXIS 8891991 WL 172438

Cited by 17 1 descriptions by later courts

Opinion of the Court — Hornsby

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HORNSBY, Chief Justice.

The writ of certiorari is quashed as improvidently granted.

In quashing the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals’ opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782 , 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT QUASHED.

ALMON, ADAMS, STEAGALL and INGRAM, JJ., concur.

How later courts describe this case

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(recognizing that while Ex parte Marek , 556 So.2d 375 (Ala. 1989)

Pettway v. State, 607 So. 2d 325 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992)

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Allen v. State659 So. 2d 135 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994)
Bryant v. State727 So. 2d 870 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998)
Butler v. State659 So. 2d 1021 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)
May v. State672 So. 2d 1307 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993)
Pettway v. State607 So. 2d 325 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992)
Powell v. State631 So. 2d 289 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993)

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Bryant v. State727 So. 2d 870 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998)
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LaFontaine v. State668 So. 2d 119 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)
Butler v. State659 So. 2d 1021 (Ala. Crim. App. 1995)

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Depth	Case	Cited by
	Horsley v. Horsley, 280 So. 2d 155 (Ala. 1973)	324

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