34 Ala. App. 18 - Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently May 1976
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Edwards v. State · Hicks v. State · Pope v. State · Pickens v. State · Thomas 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`To authorize a witness to give an opinion as an expert, it must appear that, by study, practice, experience, or observation as to the particular subject, he has acquired a knowledge beyond that of ordinary witnesses.'" demons v. State, 167 Ala. 20 , 52 So. 467, 471 . "In the rather recent case of Hicks v. State, 247 Ala. 439 , 25 So.2d 139 cited in our original opinion, the Supreme Court held: `The nature of a wound or injury, its probable cause and effect can be stated by expert medical witnesses, or witnesses shown to be familiar with such questions; such as, an undertaker, or other showing competency. Whether a witness is shown to possess the requisite qualifications is a preliminary question said to be largely within the discretion of the court.'" Scott v. State, 34 Ala.App. 18 , 37 So.2d 670 , cert. denied 251 Ala. 440 , 37 So.2d 674 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.