28 Ala. App. 533 - Clopton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
October 1962
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stafford v. Colonial Mortgage & Bond Co. · Johnstone v. O'Rear · Browne v. Giger · Skinner v. State · Smith v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“. “In cases such as the one at Bar, an exception is not necessary. The Court speaks through its judgments and if the judgment is not sustained by the testimony, as shown by the bill of exceptions, it cannot stand.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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