33 Ala. App. 594 - Cain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 1982
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Crawford v. State · Thomas v. State · Moss v. State · Warren v. State · 18 Ala. App. 632 - Crowder 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Among these grounds it is asserted that the court erred in sustaining the State’s objection to several questions propounded to the prosecutrix on cross examination seeking testimony as to her association with the man Oscar Mason at times prior to this shooting. '“[1] It is only when one acts immediately upon discovery of a spouse in an act of adultery that such acts of infidelity may be shown in defense. An intervening cooling period nullifies, in so far as the law is concerned, the extenuating matter of defense resulting from such discovery. [Citing cases].””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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