424 So. 2d 697 - Fields v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
July 1989
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nichols v. State · Gilliland v. State · 41 Ala. App. 85 - Lindsay v. State · 46 Ala. App. 357 - Sparks v. State · 56 Ala. App. 460 - Mullins 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he fact that the informer acting on behalf of the State or the undercover agent initiated the sale alone does not constitute entrapment as a matter of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'Denial of a continuance is not palpable abuse of discretion in the absence of a showing as to what the witness would testify to.' Fields v. State , 424 So.2d 697 , 699 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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