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defendant cannot invite error in Alabama

14 Alabama opinions name it 1 courts 1991–2024 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (3)

CaseFollowedCited
Fountain v. Stategreen
alacrimapp · 1991 · cited in 10 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1995–2013
2 sentences

2013See Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277, 282 (Ala.Crim.App.1991) ("A defendant cannot invite error by his conduct and later profit by the error.”). .

2011See, e.g., Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277, 282 (Ala.Crim.App.1991) ("A defendant cannot invite error by his conduct and later profit by the error.”).

510
Albarran v. Stategreen
alacrimapp · 2011 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024See Albarran v. State, 96 So. 3d 131, 167 (Ala. Crim. App. 2011) (holding that a defendant cannot invite error and then predicate a reversal on the error he or she invited).

11
Smith v. Stategreen
alacrimapp · 1999 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1999–1999
1 sentence

1999Timmons v. State, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala. 1986).'" Pressley v. State, 770 So.2d 115 (Ala.Cr.App. 1999), quoting Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277 , 282 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991); see also Smith v. State, 745 So.2d 922 (Ala.Cr.App. 1999).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Timmons v. State green
alacrimapp · 1986
2 sentences

2012Timmons v. State, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.1986).” Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277, 282 (Ala.Crim.App.1991).

2000(R. 169-170.) "A defendant cannot invite error by his conduct and later profit by the error." Timmons v. State , 487 So.2d 975 , 979 (Ala.Crim.App. 1986).

81991–2012
Pressley v. State green
alacrimapp · 1999
1 sentence

1999Timmons v. State, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 487 So.2d 975 (Ala. 1986).'" Pressley v. State, 770 So.2d 115 (Ala.Cr.App. 1999), quoting Fountain v. State, 586 So.2d 277 , 282 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991); see also Smith v. State, 745 So.2d 922 (Ala.Cr.App. 1999).

11999–1999

Where else courts name it

AL 14 (1991–2024) IN 4 (1999–2016) KS 2 (2015–2022)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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