409 So. 2d 868 - Ball v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1993
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Henry v. United States · Fletcher v. State · 54 Ala. App. 254 - Hurst v. State · 339 So. 2d 1063 - Balentine v. State · 49 Ala. App. 681 - Stewart v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“one party may not comment unfavorably on the other party's failure to produce a witness supposedly unfavorable to that party if the witness is equally available to both sides.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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