370 So. 2d 332 - Flint v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2011 · most notably 577 So. 2d 474 - Kuenzel v. State (1990), Dill v. State (1991)
44 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 Starr v. Starr · Kemp v. State · 55 Ala. App. 634 - Madison v. State · Champion v. State · Lowman 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"To require a reversal on the ground that the prosecutor has made a statement unsupported by the evidence, the objectionable statement must be made (1) as of fact, (2) the fact must be unsupported by any evidence, (3) must be pertinent to the issues, and (4) its natural tendency must be to influence the finding of the jury."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is not every improper remark to which objection is not sustained which will require a reversal.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“The credibility of a witness is a legitimate subject of criticism and discussion.”
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.