Aberhart v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1977

Citation profile

cited by 6 later decisions

states following

November 1991

most recently cited

6 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently November 1991

6 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 Smith v. State · Farley v. State · 57 Ala. App. 375 - Collier v. State · Willis v. State · 29 Ala. App. 388 - Jacobs 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

““1. The court charges the jury that if they believe from the evidence that the deceased was of a violent and bloodthirsty character they are to take such evidence into consideration in determining the degree of the defendant’s guilt, provided they find him guilty. [[Image here]] “17. If the jury believe from the evidence that the deceased was of a violent and bloodthirsty character, they are to take such evidence into consideration in determining the degree of the defendant’s guilt, provided they find him guilty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 414 So. 2d 462 - Hopson v. State
“". . . Petitioner further contends that it is not necessary to prove, but simply to offer evidence of, self-defense in order to be entitled to show evidence of the violent and bloodthirsty character of the deceased and to be entitled to the charge. We agree with petitioner and must, therefore, reverse and remand."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 358 So. 2d 1040 - Bankston v. State

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.