32 Ala. App. 406 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this case, as in every prosecution for crime, the State, in order to secure and sustain a conviction, was under the burden to offer evidence sufficient to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, every material allegation of the affidavit upon which the accused was being tried. “Our statutes define prohibited liquors. Title 29, Section 1, Code of Alabama 1940. Subsections (h) and (i) thereof are as follows: * * * * * * “ ‘Malt,’ or ‘Brewed Beverages’ means any beer, lager beer, ale, porter, or similar fermented malt liquor containing one-half of one percentum or more of alcohol by volume, by whatever name the same may be called.’ “It has been definitely held that possession of a liquid which is not suitable to be used as a beverage is not a violation of the law. Moody v. State, 23 Ala.App. 431 , 126 So. 495, 496 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 So. 2d 365 - Yessick v. State

2. ““ ‘Malt,’ or ‘Brewed Beverages’ means any beer, lager beer, ale, porter, or similar fermented malt liquor containing one-half of one percentum or more of alcohol by volume, by whatever name the same may be called.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 364 So. 2d 365 - Yessick v. State