Lucas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 537 So. 2d 463 - Smith v. Equifax Services, Inc. · Liberty Nat. v. Univ. of Ala. Health Servs. · 607 So. 2d 369 - Hull v. State · 773 So. 2d 1011 - Ex Parte Ryals · 743 So. 2d 1071 - Ex Parte Wiginton
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(b) Possession then and there of an article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or any verbal or other representation by the defendant that he is then and there so armed, is prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section that he was so armed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ware v. State““A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he violates Section 13A-8-43 and he: “(1) Is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument....””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Ware 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.