481 So. 2d 1154 - Ex Parte State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
November 1992
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 481 So. 2d 1151 - Whirley 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the function of the parties and not of the court to formulate the issues.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[b]ecause the State of Alabama . . . conceded that vehicular homicide . . . is not a lesser included offense as to murder.”
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.