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← 480 So. 2d 20 - McClain v. State

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.

  1. “"(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
  2. “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.