Murphy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1986
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Furman v. Georgia · Patton v. United States · Hubbard v. State · 54 Ala. App. 729 - Ex parte Bynum
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A defendant charged with a non-capital felony may waive a jury trial with the consent of the State and the trial court provided the waiver is made knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently in light of all the surrounding circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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