Butler v. State
Cases that cite this one
32 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- City of Dothan v. Holloway (Ala. 1986)
- Ex Parte Miller (Ala. 2009)
- Patton v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2007)
- Royals v. State (Ala. 1944)
- Slater v. State (Ala. 1935)
- Robertson v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1924)
- Noah v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1916)
- Harris v. State (Ala. 1909)
- City of Bessemer v. Eidge (Ala. 1909)
- Ex Parte Seymour (Ala. 2006)
- RSM v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2005)
- R.S.M. v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2005)
- Poole v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 2002)
- Batey v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1999)
- Ford v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1992)
- Williams v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1991)
- Ross v. State (Ala. Crim. App. 1988)
- Mitchell v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1945)
- Slaton v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1936)
- Ethridge v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1935)
- Bice v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1918)
- Powell v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1917)
- Sherrod v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1916)
- Jackson v. State (Ala. Ct. App. 1916)
- Ex parte Rodgers (Ala. Ct. App. 1915)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
The affidavit or sworn complaint made before the justice of the peace initiating this prosecution, and upon Avhich Butler was tried in the justice’s court, is wholly insufficient as the basis for a warrant of arrest, or further prosecution of the defendant, for that it is not the affirmation of the existence of probable cause for believing and the belief of affiant, but the affirmation of his mere opinion that the offense of larceny of four sheep has been committed and
Beversed and rendered.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.