421 So. 2d 1324 - Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently January 2003
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Douglas v. Alabama · United States v. Mitchell · Fikes v. State of Alabama · Young 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he grant or denial of a mistrial is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court and will only be disturbed upon a showing of manifest abuse.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The testimony of a single witness before the grand jury is sufficient to comply with Ala. Code § 12-16-200 (1975). Douglas v. State , 42 Ala. App. 314 , 163 So.2d 477 (1963), cert. denied, 276 Ala. 703 , 163 So.2d 496 (1964), rev'd on other grounds, 380 U.S. 415 , 85 S.Ct. 1074 , 13 L.Ed.2d 934 (1965). When it appears that witnesses were examined by the grand jury, or the jury had before them legal documentary evidence, no inquiry into the sufficiency of the evidence is indulged. Fikes [v. State , 263 Ala. 89 , 81 So.2d 303 (1955), reversed on other grounds, 352 U.S. 191 , 77 S.Ct. 281 , 1 L.Ed.2d 246 (1957)]; Sparrenberger v. State , 53 Ala. 481 (1875); Evans v. State , 338 So.2d 1033 (Ala.Cr.App. 1976), cert. denied, 348 So.2d 784 (Ala. 1977)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"In a motion to quash an indictment alleging failure by the State to present legal evidence to the grand jury, the burden of proof is on the defendant. Sparks v. State , 46 Ala. App. 357 , 242 So.2d 403 , cert. denied, 286 Ala. 738 , 242 So.2d 408 (1970), cert. denied, 402 U.S. 909 , 91 S.Ct. 1382 , 28 L.Ed.2d 650 (1971); Hill v. State , 20 Ala. App. 197 , 101 So. 298 (1924)."”
2 later decisions 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.