Allen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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.

1. “'in defiance of the ruling of the court, . . . intentionally for the purpose of getting before the jury facts or statements not admissible, and calculated to prejudice the judgment of the jury. . . .'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 549 So. 2d 640 - Gillespie v. State

2. “prejudice the accused by suggesting that he was more likely to be guilty of the crime[s] in question.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 549 So. 2d 640 - Gillespie v. State

3. “' Mayberry v. State , 419 So.2d 262 , 268 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 580 So. 2d 97 - Jones v. State