Pinkard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2001
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hanvey v. State · Harwell v. Steel · Carlisle v. State · 389 So. 2d 535 - Barnett v. State · 23 Ala. App. 589 - Hicks 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prosecution may be commenced within the meaning of this chapter by finding an indictment, the issuing of a warrant or by binding over the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The prosecution of all felonies . . . must be commenced within three years after the commission of the offense.”
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.