34 Ala. App. 121 - Hoomes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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

1. “"The general rule is declared in Gafford v. State , 122 Ala. 54 , 25 So. 10 , 18 : `Whatever tends to shed light on the main inquiry, and does not withdraw attention from this main inquiry, by obtruding upon the minds of the jury matters which are foreign or of questionable pertinency, is, as a general rule, admissible evidence.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 395 So. 2d 102 - Glenn v. State

2. ““ ‘If it could be shown that the deceased had just before been running amuck in the streets, and that the defendant was informed that the deceased was on his way towards the defendant’s locality, it is difficult to believe that any court would decline to consider this conduct as bearing on the defendant’s apprehensions.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 38 Ala. App. 434 - Holloway v. State

3. ““ * * * ‘Did he (the deceased man, we interpolate) get out his knife at that time and start on Mr. Hoomes?’ The court sustained the solicitor’s objection to this query.””

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