Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently June 2006
12 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 Texas v. Louisiana · State v. Wilkerson · White v. State · Aaron v. State · Commonwealth v. Daniels
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is a general principle of evidence that a witness may not testify to the ultimate issue in the case. Pointer v. State, 283 Ala. 320 , 216 So.2d 713 (1968) (fire of incendiary origin was set); Colvin v. State, 247 Ala. 55 , 22 So.2d 548 (1945) (fire of incendiary origin); Spooney v. State, 217 Ala. 219, 224 , 115 So. 308 (1928) (defendant was still driving recklessly); Wyatt v. State, 405 So.2d 154, 157 (Ala.Cr.App.1981) (patient was a victim of child abuse); Lee v. State, 42 Ala.App. 101, 102 , 154 So.2d 45 , cert. denied, 275 Ala. 695 , 154 So.2d 46 (1963) (defendant killed son); Vinson v. State, 29 Ala.App. 234, 236 , 194 So. 705 (1940) (defendant murdered victim); Stewart v. State, 27 Ala.App. 315, 317 , 172 So. 675 (1937) (defendant raped victim); Taylor v. State, 20 Ala.App. 161, 163 , 101 So. 160 (1924) (defendant assaulted victim). "However, a properly qualified expert may state his opinion as to the nature, cause, and effect of a wound or injury, Thomas v. State, 249 Ala. 358, 360 , 31 So.2d 71 (1947)...."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“McCord, 'Expert Psychological Testimony' "]. "We think the true rule is that admissibility depends on the nature of the issue and the circumstances of the case, there being a large element of judicial discretion involved.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Sexton v. State“The statement of specific grounds of objection waives all grounds not specified, and the trial court will not be put in error on grounds not assigned at trial.”
1 later decision 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.