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5 Alabama opinions name it 1 courts 2017–2025 3 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
R.L.G. v. Stategreen2 sentences2025As this Court has explained: "Generally, Alabama follows a strict-election rule, by which the State must elect the offense on which it will proceed '[w]here the evidence discloses two or more offenses growing out of distinct and separate transactions.' R.L.G. v. State, 712 So. 2d 348, 355 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997), aff'd, 712 So. 2d 372 (Ala. 1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). 2025As this Court has explained: "Generally, Alabama follows a strict-election rule, by which the State must elect the offense on which it will proceed '[w]here the evidence discloses two or more offenses growing out of distinct and separate transactions.' R.L.G. v. State, 712 So. 2d 348, 355 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997), aff'd, 712 So. 2d 372 (Ala. 1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 3 | 5 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
SHOULDIS v. State
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2 sentences2025Shouldis v. State, 38 So. 3d 753 , 761 n.4 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008) (quoting 40 CR-2024-0086 and CR-2024-0157 "R.L.G., 712 So. 2d at 356 ). 2025Shouldis v. State, 38 So. 3d 753 , 761 n.4 (Ala. Crim. App. 2008) (quoting 40 CR-2024-0086 and CR-2024-0157 "R.L.G., 712 So. 2d at 356 ). | 5 | 2017–2025 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.