455 So. 2d 253 - Beaver v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of flight is admissible even though it is weak or inconclusive or if several days have passed since the commission of the crime.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scheuing v. State · Maddox v. State

2. “"The record contains absolutely no evidence of any prejudice to [the appellant], and apart from the obvious detriments suffered by any defendant incarcerated prior to trial, see Barker v. Wingo , 407 U.S. at 532-33 [ 92 S.Ct. at 2193 ], we cannot assume *Page 596 that he was harmed from the delay here."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 777 - Anderson v. Milton · 650 So. 2d 593 - Jackson v. State

3. “[a]ny conviction in any jurisdiction, including Alabama, shall be considered and determined to be a felony conviction if the conduct made the basis of that conviction constitutes a felony under Act 607, § 130(4), Acts of Alabama 1977, p. 812 (§ 13A-1-2 (4), Alabama Criminal Code), or would have constituted a felony under that section had the conduct taken place in Alabama on or after January 1, 1980.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 499 So. 2d 802 - Gwynne v. State