47 Ala. App. 360 - King v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1979
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. State · 38 Ala. App. 23 - Smith v. State · Godwin 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"An application for continuance on the ground that counsel has not had sufficient time to prepare for trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge, and the exercise of such discretion is not subject to review except for gross abuse. ..."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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