Harper v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1970
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 33 Ala. App. 316 - Smitherman v. State · 16 Ala. App. 259 - Brannon v. State · Simpson v. State · 17 Ala. App. 307 - Wilson v. State · 36 Ala. App. 701 - Busbee 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The style of all processes shall be ‘The State of Alabama,’ and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the same, and shall con-elude ‘against the peace and dignity of the state.’ ””
1 later decision 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.