Key v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 1977
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Roberson v. State · McGhee v. State · Lester v. State · Ex Parte Williams · 19 Ala. App. 432 - Baker 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Now, the burden is on the defendant to reasonably satisfy you of the truthfulness of that plea, except the State of Alabama is not relieved of the burden of proof from the very first that the defendant was at fault in bringing on the difficulty. And that plea, if it’s proven to you, is an absolute defense to all three degrees of homicide, as I -have defined them to you. “‘Mr. Conway: I’m going to except to your honor’s charge as to the burden of proof being on the defendant to establish the law of self defense. “‘The Court: Ladies and gentlemen, regardless of where the burden of proof is as to self defense, the burden of proving this defendant guilty begins and ends with the State of Alabama to prove that he’s guilty as charged.’ ” (Our emphasis.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Vaughn v. State
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