Early v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blue v. State · McClendon v. State · 30 Ala. App. 552 - Moore v. State · 24 Ala. App. 23 - State v. Vest · 24 Ala. App. 23 - Pointer v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"The overwhelming weight of authority in Alabama establishes the doctrine that where a letter is received in due course, it is not admissible as evidence against the purported sender thereof, without proof that he sent it, or proof of his handwriting, unless the same is in reply to a communication sent to him by the sendee thereof."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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