348 So. 2d 1126 - Summers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably 366 So. 2d 336 - Summers v. State (1978), 632 So. 2d 503 - Harris v. State (1992)
63 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 Parsons v. State · Gassenheimer v. State · Jackson v. State · 52 Ala. App. 260 - Barnett v. State · 335 So. 2d 663 - Johnson 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The constitutional right of an accused to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him is not a technical right, but is fundamental and essential to the guaranty that no person shall be deprived of his liberty except by due process of law, nor be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Horne v. State · Randle v. State“The trial court did not err in overruling appellant's objection to the admission of such evidence. No matter how many distinct crimes may be involved, all the details of one continuous criminal occurrence or adventure may be given as part of the offense with which the defendant is charged.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“couched in language so clear that any person of common understanding would know”
3 later decisions 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.