Butts v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 1986
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 49 Ala. App. 690 - Powers v. State · 54 Ala. App. 714 - Haynes v. State · 56 Ala. App. 141 - Van Nostrand v. State · 56 Ala. App. 711 - Hanes v. State · Harding 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . Any person who possesses . . . controlled substances . . . is guilty of a felony and upon conviction for first offense may be imprisoned not less than 2 nor more than 15 years and, in addition, may be fined not more than $25,000: except any person who possesses any marihuana for his personal use only is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction for the offense shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 1 year, and in addition, shall be fined not more than $1,000; but the penalties for the subsequent offenses relating to possession of marihuana shall be the same as specified in the first sentence of this section 258 (47)(a)."”
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.