418 So. 2d 948 - Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
2
states following
November 1996
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 392 So. 2d 1274 - Watson v. State · Dunn v. State · 414 So. 2d 993 - Ex Parte Allen · 392 So. 2d 1280 - Sanders v. State · 395 So. 2d 1135 - Jolly 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Consideration of a defendant's prior convictions in sentencing him pursuant to the Habitual Offender Act does not give the act efficacy as a constitutionally prohibited ex post facto law, even though such prior convictions occurred before the effective date of the act. Ray v. State , 398 So.2d 774 , 776 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied , 398 So.2d 777 (Ala. 1981), and authorities cited therein. The important consideration is that, at the time appellant contemplated committing the instant felony, he was charged by law with knowledge that if he committed the felony he would be subject to punishment under the Habitual Offender Act. Coker v. State , 396 So.2d 1094 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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