401 So. 2d 213 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently August 2009 · most notably Ex Parte Cofer (1983), 778 So. 2d 199 - Hyde v. State (1998)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Weatherford v. Bursey · Young v. State · 370 So. 2d 323 - Winnings v. State · 43 Ala. App. 599 - Strange 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The purpose of an opening statement is merely to advise a jury of the issues involved in the case before them. Braswell v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 371 So.2d 992 (1979). It is a well-established rule that the scope and latitude of the opening statement are matters that rest within the sound discretion of the trial judge and his ruling should not be disturbed on appeal unless an abuse is shown. Winnings v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 370 So.2d 323 , cert. denied, Ala., 370 So.2d 329 (1979)."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“that criminally negligent homicide is also a defense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“matter proper for the determination of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brazell 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.