Amerson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
August 1979
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cosby v. State · Bryant v. State · 37 Ala. App. 406 - Coleman v. State · Davis v. State · Gipson 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.
““Think about how hard it is for the law enforcement officers to get out and work and all you hear is, Ah, they are shooting folks up in Covington County, cutting folks up in Covington County. They don’t do nothing about it up there in court. You hear those remarks.””
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.