229 So. 2d 582 - Parham v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently July 2014 · most notably 430 So. 2d 832 - Read v. State (1983), 735 So. 2d 1099 - Colenburg v. State (1999)
33 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Williams v. Beto · King v. State · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Crosby v. Rundle · Parker v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so lacking in confidence that it becomes apparent or should be apparent that it is the duty of the trial judge to correct it so as to prevent a mockery of justice.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jenkins v. State · Wynn v. State“The issue as to whether or not a continuance should be allowed is largely within the sound discretion of the trial judge ... and this Court will not reverse a case because of the refusal of the court to grant a continuance unless it appears that the judge has abused his discretion. [cites omitted] Moreover, unless this Court is satisfied that an injustice is done by the refusal to continue the case, we will not reverse the judgment for retrial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The issue as to whether a continuance should be allowed is largely within the sound discretion of the trial judge ... and this Court will not reverse ... unless it appears that the judge has abused his discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.