Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We are cognizant of the line of cases holding that in prosecution for a particular offense, evidence, as to the guilt of the accused of another distinct offense, unconnected with the one charged, is not admissible as substantive evidence to prove guilt of the offense charged. 6 Ala.Digest, Crim.Law, Key 369(1). However, when the accused takes the stand to testify in his own behalf, he does so in a dual capacity — (1) as the accused and (2) as a witness. In his capacity as a witness his credibility may be impeached in the same way or ways in which the credibility of any other witness may be impeached. Stone v. State, 208 Ala. 50 , 93 So. 706 ; Pitts v. State, 261 Ala. 314 , 74 So.2d 232 . ‘A defendant, who testifies for himself as a witness, may be impeached in the same manner as other witnesses, by showing that he has been convicted of crime involving moral turpitude, or that he has made contradictory statements, or that he is a person of bad character.’ Carpenter v. State, 193 Ala. 51 , 69 So. 531, 532 ; Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307 , 167 So. 554 ; Vaughn v. State, 235 Ala. 80 , 177 So. 553 ; Title 7, § 435, Code 1940.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 521 So. 2d 1360 - King v. State · 57 Ala. App. 310 - Fisher v. State