Coats v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1955
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ruck · 32 Ala. App. 309 - Troup v. State · Coats v. State · 19 Ala. App. 272 - Lumpkin v. State · Clinton 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““On the trial of all indictments, complaints, or other criminal proceedings, the person on trial shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness; and his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him, nor be the subject of comment by counsel.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Welch v. State““It is generally held that a statement by the prosecuting attorney to the effect that the evidence for the State is uncontradicted or undenied is not a comment on the defendant’s failure to testify.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Welch 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.