27 Ala. App. 488 - Isom v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1977
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Prater v. State · Kennedy v. State · Webster v. State · Funderlberg v. State · Ben v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"No principle of the law seems better settled than that `on a trial . . . for murder, where the character of the deceased had not been assailed by the defendant, it is not competent for the state to introduce evidence to show that the character of the deceased was good . . for peace and quiet.' Jimmerson v. State , 133 Ala. 18 (27), 32 So. 141 ; Ben (a slave) v. State , 37 Ala. 103 ; Kennedy v. State , 140 Ala. 1 , 37 So. 90 ; Webster v. State , 207 Ala. 668 , 93 So. 545 ." Isom v. State , 27 Ala. App. 488 , 489 , 174 So. 538 , 539 (1937).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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