30 Ala. App. 356 - Duncan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

55 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘An indictment for murder in the statutory form includes manslaughter in the first and second degrees. The plea of not guilty puts in issue these several degrees of the charge of homicide included in the indictment.’ ” H* “ ‘When death is produced by an intentional blow, but without malice or the intention to kill, if the blow was wrongful, this would be manslaughter in the second degree, commonly called “involuntary manslaughter.” ’ ””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jordan v. State · Ivery v. State

2. ““If death was due solely and exclusively to natural cause, i. e. heart failure, with the blow in no way contributing to or accelerating it, then, under the indictment, 'there' was no Homicide,'and--at most (if the blow were wrongful) defendant would only, be guilty of some degree of assault.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 Ala. App. 657 - Welch v. State

3. ““Of course if the charge was merely an abstract statement of the law — as to the evidence inapplicable — no error was made in its refusal.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Childress v. State