Connell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently February 2005 · most notably 534 So. 2d 329 - Hooks v. State (1987), 672 So. 2d 1319 - Dobyne v. State (1994)
52 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 Douglas v. Alabama · Seals v. State · Green v. State · Acklen's v. Hickman · 48 Ala. App. 411 - Buckelew 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[O]n appeal, the party claiming that a trial judge has abused his discretion in such aspect bears the burden of persuasion.' Connell v. State , 294 Ala. 477 , 481 , 318 So.2d 710 , 714 (1974).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The range and extent of cross-examination of a witness is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and if the trial court determines that a question, or course of questions, is not of a material issue in the case, this Court should not reverse the determination of the trial court, unless the record reveals a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court by unduly restricting appellant's right of cross-examination of the witness."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is a well-established rule in this state that the latitude and extent of cross-examination are matters which of necessity rest largely within the sound discretion of the trial court, and rulings with respect thereto will not be revised on appeal except in extreme cases of abuse”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. MT v. State
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.