452 So. 2d 1367 - Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 1998
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schmerber v. State of California · Burks v. United States · Beck v. Alabama · Hudson v. Louisiana · 396 So. 2d 645 - Beck 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An accused is not entitled *Page 234 to have the jury charged on a lesser included offense unless there is a reasonable theory from the evidence to support the lesser offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]t is fundamental that the trial judge, who is in the best position to determine when closing arguments are prejudicial and what curative measures are called for, is given wide discretion. Hurst v. State, 397 So.2d 203 (Ala.Cr. App.), cert. denied, 397 So.2d 208 (Ala.1981).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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