Goolsby v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 state decisions

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.

1. “"When a defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction, he implicitly agrees in case of reversal to return to the stage of proceedings at which the reversible error occurred. A trial, after issue is joined, is of necessity treated as an indivisible unit."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Ala. App. 387 - McCart v. State · Weaver v. State

2. “"We see no application here of any potential pleas of former jeopardy even if the appellant were to have properly proved a former judgment of conviction of second degree burglary; and, with an implicit acquittal of grand larceny and receiving stolen goods, Bell v. State, 48 Ala. 684 , would not apply here. Brooks v. State, 42 Ala.App. 69 , 152 So.2d 441 , does."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Ala. App. 387 - McCart v. State