Malone v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “manifestly contrary to the great weight of the evidence.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reynolds v. State · Sanderson v. State

2. “"The general rule is that the prosecution is privileged to withhold from the accused disclosure of the identity of an informant, unless it is essential to the defense set up by the accused and necessary to show their innocence. Hood v. State , 47 Ala. App. 192 , 252 So.2d 117 (1971); Davenport v. State , 50 Ala. App. 321 , 278 So.2d 769 (1973); Hatton v. State , 359 So.2d 822 (Ala.Crim.App. 1977); Murphy v. State , 367 So.2d 584 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 367 So.2d 587 (Ala. 1978); Thornton v. State , 390 So.2d 1093 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 390 So.2d 1098 (Ala. 1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 998 , 101 S.Ct. 1704 , 68 L.Ed.2d 200 (1981). In such a case, the burden is on the accused to show why disclosure of the informant's identity was necessary to show her innocence. Hatton v. State , supra; Thornton v. State , supra. Furthermore, 'mere supposition or conjecture about the possible relevancy of the informant's testimony is insufficient to warrant disclosure.' U.S. v. Hare , *Page 540 589 F.2d 242 (5th Cir. 1979); Gambrel v. State , 405 So.2d 954 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 405 So.2d 957 (Ala. 1981)."”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Springfield v. State · 606 So. 2d 177 - Garner v. State

3. ““Generally, it is the province of the trial judge to first determine the volun-tariness of a statement in a voir dire examination outside the presence of the jury, and unless there is clear abuse this decision will not be overturned.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sanderson v. State