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← 49 Ala. App. 116 - Lucy v. State

49 Ala. App. 116 - Lucy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1972

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 1979
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 46 Ala. App. 232 - Grant v. State · Lash v. State · 43 Ala. App. 6 - Cazalas v. State · 31 Ala. App. 187 - Barnes v. State · 35 Ala. App. 62 - Senn 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “". . . It appears from a preliminary examination that the witness had, during his career as a police officer, considerable experience in observing stab wounds and the effects thereof and was more knowledgeable than the average witness or juror. . .. "The competency of the witness to give his opinion as to the cause of death was addressed to the sound discretion of the court and its ruling will not be disturbed on appeal in the absence of abuse . . . "Aside from this, the jury could conclude from the physical facts in evidence that deceased died from the effects of the wounds." (Citations omitted.)”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Aside from this, the jury could conclude from the physical facts in evidence that deceased died from the effects of the wounds.”
    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.