394 So. 2d 76 - Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aldridge v. State · Warren v. State · 385 So. 2d 1005 - Ex Parte Collins · 47 Ala. App. 189 - Passmore v. State · 370 So. 2d 749 - Carroll 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`An accused cannot by his own voluntary conduct invite error and then seek to profit thereby. It would be a sad commentary upon the vitality of the judicial process if an accused could render it impotent by his own choice.'”
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.