Hicks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently September 2003 · most notably Johnson v. State (1961), 562 So. 2d 1373 - Jackson v. State (1990)
92 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 Burns v. State · Stone v. State · Fincher v. State · Rowe v. State · Teague 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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[1,2] A nonexpert witness should not be permitted to testify as to his opinion, but should confine his testimony to a statement of the facts. To qualify as an expert witness, it must appear that by study, practice, experience or observation, as to the particular subject matter the witness has acquired a knowledge beyond that'of ordinary witnesses. Daniel v. State, 31 Ala.App. 376 , 17 So.2d 542 . “[3,4] The nature of a wound or injury, its probable cause and effect can be stated by expert medical witnesses, or witnesses shown to be familiar with such questions; such as, an undertaker, or others showing competency. Whether a witness is shown to possess the requisite qualifications is a preliminary question said to be largely within the discretion of the court. Kitchens v. State, 31 Ala. App. 239 , 14 So.2d 739 ; Underhill Criminal Evidence, 4th Ed. § 236, pp. 441-443 ; 20 Amer.Juris., p. 656, §§ 783-786; 32 C.J.S., Evidence, §§ 457-458, p. 95. “[5] The above authorities are controlling on the question of whether or not the registered nurse, Mrs. Robert Clements, under the predicate laid for her testimony and her statement of the facts, possessed the requisite qualifications to give an opinion as to fatality o'f the wounds upon the body of the deceased. The trial court committed no error in admitting her evidence.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The exclusion from the jury of a confession rests on its connection with the inducement. If promises or threats do not have the influence to induce the confession, the confession must be referred to other motives within the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.