48 Ala. App. 347 - Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 1977
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mitchell v. State · Payne v. State · 38 Ala. App. 57 - Tranholm v. State · 40 Ala. App. 234 - Moates v. State · 36 Ala. App. 195 - Massengale 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There must be substantial evidence tending to prove all elements of the charged offense, a mere scintilla of evidence, in view of the presumption of innocence, being insufficient.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Childress v. State
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.