Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently August 1973
8 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 33 Ala. App. 460 - Tunstill v. State · 16 Ala. App. 78 - McMickens v. State · 17 Ala. App. 109 - Spurlock v. State · 18 Ala. App. 622 - Mitchell v. State · 17 Ala. App. 371 - Wade 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““SAMFORD, J. Upon a reconsideration of this record, we find that the only evidence tending to prove the value of the cotton stolen was: ‘Cotton was worth about ?Yz or 8 cents.’ The charge in the indictment was that of grand larceny, in which the value of the cottons alleged to have been stolen was material, in that, before conviction could be had of the higher offense, the value of the property stolen must have been $25 or more. “Convictions in prosecutions for crime must not be allowed to rest upon speculation or supposition, but in each instance the state must by competent testimony prove every material ingredient of the offense charged. “In the absence of proof that the cotton stolen was of the value of $25, the majority holds that the rehearing should be granted, the former judgment of affirmance set aside, the judgment reversed, and the cause remanded. “Reversed and remanded. “BRICKEN, P. J., concurring.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Unquestionably the conviction of the accused depended upon circumstantial evidence. This being true, his conviction should not be allowed to stand unless the evidence adduced at the trial excluded to a moral certainty • every, reasonable hypothesis but that of his guilt. No matter how strong these circumstances may appear, they do not come up to the full measure of proof which the law demands if they can be reasonably reconciled with the theory that the defendant did not commit the charged crime.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““When the law is respected, when the Constitution is maintained, though crime may sometimes go unpunished, at least innocence is secure.””
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.