Impson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““For the guidance for the Bench and Bar, we note here that frequently this Court does not write opinions on cases involving original appeals or on post conviction review. We are not required to do so in all cases. Title 13, Section 66, Code of Alabama 1940. “In fact we are advised by representatives of West Publishing Company that more than 4400 appellate opinions are now submitted to them each month from the various appellate courts in the United States. The fact that this Court does not write an opinion should never be construed as a ‘perfunctory review’ by this Court. Title 15, Section 389, Code of Alabama 1940. “Whenever eases in the opinion of this Court present no new, novel, or unusual legal questions, the decision usually is no more than a brief order indicating the decision in the case. Title 13, Section 66, supra. All cases submitted to this Court are considered by each member of this Court, including all briefs submitted by the attorneys or the parties. Thus, the fact that a decision only is rendered, rather than an opinion, should be given as much weight as if a full opinion had been written.””

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