Morris v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “The test ‘reasonably believes’ shifts the emphasis to defendant’s reliance on reasonable appearances rather than exposing him to the peril of defending another where appearances were deceiving and there was no actual imminent danger.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Free v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-04-10· cited 57×
• State v. Cook
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-05-26· cited 22×
• Marty May Smith v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2021-02-12· cited 6×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Starr v. Starr
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-09-12· cited 47×
• Flint v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-03-27· cited 45×
• Kent v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-10-03· cited 21×
• Armstead v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1976-03-16· cited 13×
• Grimes v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1975-10-01· cited 7×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-08-19· cited 6×
• Grimes v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-11-20· cited 3×
• Chastain v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-10-18· cited 3×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-03-11· cited 2×
• Mullins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-04-04· cited 2×