421 So. 2d 1344 - Byrd v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the mere fact that the defendant had taken drugs sometime before he made a statement does not automatically render a confession involuntary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 462 So. 2d 761 - Murphy v. State · 482 So. 2d 1341 - O'DELL v. State

2. “An accused is entitled to have the jury charged on a lesser included offense only when there is a reasonable theory from the evidence to support the lesser offense. Johnson v. State , 398 So.2d 393 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981); Williams v. State , 377 So.2d 634 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 377 So.2d 639 (Ala. 1979).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 504 So. 2d 373 - Kent v. State

3. “The speedy trial guarantee is designed to minimize the possibility of lengthy incarceration prior to trial, . . . and to shorten the disruption of life caused by arrest and the presence of unresolved criminal charges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 501 So. 2d 509 - Mathis v. State