492 So. 2d 635 - Goolsby v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

cited by 29 later decisions

states following

February 2017

most recently cited

29 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably 600 So. 2d 374 - Burks v. State (1991), Hyde v. State (2006)

29 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Clemmons v. State · 51 Ala. App. 148 - Headley v. State · Edwards v. State · Thomas v. State · 363 So. 2d 1013 - Morgan 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“'When deciding whether to grant youthful offender status, it is expected that the nature of the crime charged, along with prior convictions of the defendant, will be considered, as well as any other matters deemed relevant by the court. No prescribed format is required. Neither is the trial court required to articulate on the record the reasons for denying youthful offender status to a defendant.'”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. J.F.B. v. State · Ward v. State
“"[A] proper determination of whether an object constitutes a deadly weapon should be made based on the totality of the circumstances of the case, including the nature of the object, the manner in which it is used, and the circumstances surrounding its use. Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the piece of a concrete block the appellant threw into [the victim's] vehicle was 'adapted for the purposes of inflicting death or serious physical injury.' § 13A-1-2(7), Ala. Code 1975. Therefore, it constituted a deadly weapon ...."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Henderson v. State
“[t]he trial judge stated that he had 'independent knowledge' of appellant's prior record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 600 So. 2d 374 - Burks 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.