460 So. 2d 865 - Sexton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. “"In two recent decisions of this court, the facts reveal that, at the trial of the defendants, the `parties that actually made the statements were present in court and had testified and were available for cross-examination.' Reeves v. State, 456 So.2d 1156 (Ala.Crim.App.1984), and Hammock v. State, 401 So.2d 292 (Ala.Crim.App.1981). Both of these decisions turned on the fact that the parties who made the statements, who were the victims in these two cases, were in court, served as witnesses, and had been available for cross-examination by the accused."”

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

2. “In order to allow out of court statements into evidence as heard by a third party in the accused's presence, the party that made the statement must be a witness in the proceeding against the accused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 468 So. 2d 203 - Warden v. State

3. “The key to the aforementioned argument and proposition of law is that the appellant should have a chance to cross-examine the witness testifying as to statements he has heard.”

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