480 So. 2d 20 - McClain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 392 So. 2d 1274 - Watson v. State · 392 So. 2d 1280 - Sanders v. State · 416 So. 2d 1083 - Walker v. State · 402 So. 2d 1088 - Flowers v. State · 402 So. 2d 1094 - Grimes 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he violates section 13A-8-43 and he: "(1) Is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument; or”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“there is no requirement, under Alabama law, that the State prove that an actual 'taking' of property occurred”
1 later decision 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.