460 So. 2d 1371 - Ex Parte Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
February 1998
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Miller v. State · 452 So. 2d 508 - Ex Parte Edwards · 409 So. 2d 886 - Ware v. State · 431 So. 2d 1367 - Jones v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[s]uch corroborative evidence does not have to be very strong, or even sufficient to support a conviction, but merely must logically tend to link the accused with the offense. Miller v. State , [ 290 Ala. 248 , 275 So.2d 675 (1973)], supra.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`The test for determining whether there is sufficient corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice consists of eliminating the testimony given by the accomplice and examining the remaining evidence to determine if there is sufficient incriminating evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In those criminal cases in which the death penalty has not been imposed, the Court of Criminal Appeals shall not be obligated to consider questions or issues not presented in briefs on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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