437 So. 2d 626 - Weaver v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
June 1994
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · 392 So. 2d 1274 - Watson v. State · 392 So. 2d 1280 - Sanders v. State · 409 So. 2d 455 - Smith v. State · 418 So. 2d 970 - Hollander 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The last issue appellant raises on appeal is whether or not Alabama's habitual offenders statute is violative of the Constitutional provisions for due process and equal protection. The constitutionality of the recidivist statute has been affirmed by this court on numerous occasions and we do so again now. Watson v. State, 392 So.2d 1274 , writ denied, Ex parte Watson, 392 So.2d 1280 ; Murphy v. State, 399 So.2d 340 , cert. denied, Ex parte Murphy, 399 So.2d 347 ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. State“the method chosen by the state to prove the prior conviction that was used to enhance his sentence,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parrish v. State
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.