377 So. 2d 1129 - Graves v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
5
states following
July 2004
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 31 Ala. App. 91 - Lee v. State · Lee v. State · Neal v. State · 36 Ala. App. 374 - Chaney v. State · 42 Ala. App. 345 - Montgomery 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.
“[T]he continuous presence of the defendant from arraignment to sentence is an essential part of the process provided for the trial of the defendant and without which the court has no jurisdiction to pronounce judgment against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“No communication whatever, should take place between the judge and the jury after the cause has been submitted to them, unless in open court with all the parties and their attorneys present.”
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.