Keith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 state decisions

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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is true, however, that where there is an unbroken chain of events beginning with a prior difficulty and leading up to the killing, the chain of events leading up to the killing need not be a part of the res gestae in the sense that these events become a part of the crime itself, but they are admissible since they lead up to and tend to explain the acts, animus or intent of the defendant at the time he committed the killing."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 443 So. 2d 1371 - Holsemback v. State · 472 So. 2d 1130 - Twilley v. State

2. “"The court charges the jury that if they believe from the evidence that the witness Patricia Brown is a person of bad reputation for truth and veracity in the community where she lives, then, as a matter of law, this fact tends to discredit her testimony, and the jury may entirely disregard it."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 356 So. 2d 210 - Thomas v. State

3. ““The Court charges the jury that if you believe, from the evidence in this case, that the witness, Verlon Young, has willfully and corruptly sworn falsely as to any material fact in this case, you may, in your discretion, disregard his testimony entirely.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 40 Ala. App. 344 - Earnest v. State