364 So. 2d 424 - Snipes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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24 state decisions

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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"may be presumed from the act of using a deadly weapon unless circumstances negate this presumption. Hall [v. State , 49 Ala. App. 381 , 272 So.2d 590 (1973)]; Shiflett v. State , 262 Ala. 337 , 78 So.2d 805 (1955). . . . Where one assaults another by the use of a deadly weapon, the law will infer from the fact that he designed to accomplish the probable and natural results of his act, in the absence of proof to the contrary. Hall , supra."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 642 So. 2d 989 - Oryang v. State · 565 So. 2d 1215 - Twyman v. State

2. “"The trial judge is vested with great discretion in the conduct of a trial, and, unless clear abuse of this discretion is apparent, the appellate courts will not interfere to set aside the lower court's action. Dolvin v. State , 51 Ala. App. 540 , 287 So.2d 250 (1973). The trial court exercises this discretion in light of the circumstances of the particular case, and, in the absence of gross abuse, its actions are not reviewable by this court. McKee v. State , 253 Ala. 235 , 44 So.2d 781 (1950)."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 542 So. 2d 292 - Anderson v. State

3. “[to] allow the introduction of an out-of-court photographic array, the state only need show a reasonable probability that the photographs introduced at trial were those used by the witness for identification purposes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 616 So. 2d 914 - Guthrie v. State