Abston v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the objective truth or falsity of reports concerning a witness were not subject to further proof because such truth or falsity was a collateral matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Woodall
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-09-11· cited 120×
• Wyley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-02-23· cited 6×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Roviaro v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-03-25· cited 3,599×
• Assured Inv'rs Life Ins. Co. v. Nat. U. Assoc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-09-15· cited 122×
• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-01-22· cited 11×
• Butler v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1956-05-24· cited 8×
• Olds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-08· cited 3×
• Blankenship v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1936-05-14· cited 1×