397 So. 2d 163 - Ex Parte Behel’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[u]nder our system of pleading, indictments are rather a statement of legal conclusions, than of facts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. E.L.Y. v. State · E.L.Y. v. State

2. “Any convict who escapes or attempts to escape from the penitentiary or from any person or guard having him in charge under authority of law, either within or outside the walls of the penitentiary, before the expiration of the term for which he was sentenced, shall, on conviction, be imprisoned for an additional term of not less than one year. (Code 1852, § 354; Code 1867, § 3902; Code 1876, § 4600; Code 1886, § 3998; Code 1896, § 4707; Code 1907, § 6866; Acts 1923, No. 473, p. 627; Code 1923, § 4012; Code 1940, T. 14, § 153; Acts 1951, No. 371, p. 664.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 410 So. 2d 130 - Ex Parte Ellison

3. ““whose name is otherwise unknown to the Grand Jury, did intentionally obtain from River Region Cab Company services, to-wit: cab and/or transportation services, known by him to be available only for compensation, and having a value in excess of $2,500.00 dollars, by deception, threat, false token or other means to avoid payment for said services, in violation of section 13A-8-10.1 of the Code of Alabama, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walker