437 So. 2d 1378 - Cook v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 414 So. 2d 993 - Ex Parte Allen · Lambeth v. State · 19 Ala. App. 576 - Dunn v. State · 20 Ala. App. 225 - Rountree v. State · Slaten 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"I charge you, members of the jury, that if after a consideration of all the evidence, the guilt of the defendant depends upon the testimony of a single witness, of the truth of which the jury has a reasonable doubt, the defendant cannot be convicted."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"I charge you, members of the jury, that if the evidence convinces you that [the victim] is a woman of bad character, and unworthy of belief, then you may disregard her evidence altogether."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the victim's general reputation and her general reputation for truth in the community were bad and that she would not believe the victim under oath.”
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.