441 So. 2d 1030 - Willis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In the prosecution of any noncapital felony the trial court in its discretion may permit the jury trying the case to separate during the pendency of the trial, *Page 859 provided that the court may at any time on its own initiative or on motion of any party, require that the jury be sequestered under the charge of a proper officer whenever they leave the jury box or the court may allow them to separate. A motion to separate or sequester shall not be made within the hearing of the jury, and the jury shall not be informed which party, if any, requested separation or sequestration. (Acts 1943, No. 384, p. 358; Acts 1982, No. 82-566.)"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 447 So. 2d 850 - Fike v. State · 518 So. 2d 168 - Reeves v. State

2. “There is a rebuttable presumption that an accused is not prejudiced by allowing the jury to separate. Wright v. State , 57 Ala. App. 401 , 328 So.2d 650 (1976).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 447 So. 2d 850 - Fike v. State

3. “but on the contrary it shall be prima facie presumed that the accused was not prejudiced by reason of the separation of the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 168 - Reeves v. State