432 So. 2d 548 - Howton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 1990
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 366 So. 2d 336 - Summers v. State · Miles v. State · 48 Ala. App. 709 - Groce v. State · Ex Parte Robinson · 389 So. 2d 144 - Robinson 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' "Even where conflicting evidence is presented at a hearing on a petition for writ of error coram nobis, the trial judge must 'believe' the evidence offered by the petitioner before he will be justified in granting relief. Seibert v. State , 343 So.2d 788 , 790 (Ala. 1977).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Summers v. State , 366 So.2d 336 , 343 (Ala.Cr.App. 1978), cert. denied, Ex parte Summers , 366 So.2d 346 (Ala. 1979) (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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