Simmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 1984
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Reeves v. State · Holland v. State · 25 Ala. App. 422 - Brazier v. State · 33 Ala. App. 395 - Cox v. State · 19 Ala. App. 172 - Tribble 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In this state the elements of burglary in the first degree are: 1. A breaking and entering. 2. in the nighttime, 3. of an inhabited dwelling house, or any other house or building occupied by any person lodged therein, 4. with intent to steal or to commit a felony. “At common law burglary was regarded as an offense against a habitation. Our statute is directed toward protection of the person as well as property. Reeves v. State, 245 Ala. 237 , 16 So.2d 699 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cleveland v. State
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.