471 So. 2d 1257 - Ex Parte Boatwright’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
139 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 139 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Boyd v. State (2003), Lancaster v. State (1993)
139 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · 406 So. 2d 439 - Ellison v. State · 51 Ala. App. 166 - Pierce v. State · 409 So. 2d 1010 - Kennedy v. State · 387 So. 2d 328 - Maxwell 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 139 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it contains matters and allegations (such as ineffective assistance of counsel) which, if true, entitle the petitioner to relief.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bishop v. State · Ex Parte Clisby“The `virtual flood of post-conviction claims made by prisoners in both state and federal proceedings' has been recognized by the courts of this state on a number of occasions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"A petition for a writ of error coram nobis is `meritorious on its face' only if it contains a clear and specific statement of the grounds upon which relief is sought, including full disclosure of the facts relied upon (as opposed to a general statement concerning the nature and effect of those facts) sufficient to show that the petitioner is entitled to relief if those facts are true."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.