Franklin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Evidence that the property listed in the indictment has disappeared from where the owner left it without his knowledge or consent, together with evidence that the owner reported its disappearance to the police was sufficient for the jury to infer that the property was stolen. Tanner v. State, 37 Ala.App. 256 , 66 So.2d 827 . “The facts and circumstances were sufficient for the jury to conclude that appellant had possession of the stolen rig. Whether his explanation for having possession was sufficient was also for the jury. Ellis v. State, 43 Ala.App. 157 , 182 So.2d 910 . There was no error then in the denial of the motion to exclude the State’s evidence or in the refusal of the affirmative charge.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 51 Ala. App. 589 - Character v. State