Behel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In Berness v. State , 263 Ala. 641 , 83 So.2d 613 , the Supreme Court of Alabama, when considering the method of which an appellant's clear and unequivocal right to be present at every stage of his trial may be waived, said: "`We are of the opinion that a criminal defendant in a non-capital felony case may waive his continuous presence at the trial. But that this waiver must be of an affirmative and positive nature and made by him personally, as for example when he voluntarily absents himself from the courtroom during the conduct of his trial. Our holding that such conduct constitutes an affirmative and voluntary waiver of the constitutional right, personal to the defendant, is consistent with the holding in McNutt v. State , 25 Ala. App. 129 , 142 So.2d 773 .'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 405 So. 2d 51 - Behel v. State