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← 497 SO2D 571 - Ward v. State

Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
January 1997
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Shadle v. State · 361 So. 2d 1106 - Chavers v. State · Fulghum v. State · Beecher v. State · Williams 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “'It is settled law that in criminal cases the flight or attempted flight of a defendant is a circumstance which the jury may take into consideration.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “"MS. HOLLIS (PROSECUTOR): Did you hear one voice, one voice from that witness stand say `I thought Donald Underwood was going to hurt him'? "MR. PARKER: Objection to that statement, Your Honor, please. First of all, that the jury is not to consider that statement. That statement violates the Alabama Constitution. "THE COURT: Ladies and gentlemen, don't consider that statement made in your consideration of this case. "MR. PARKER: Next, I will move for a mistrial, because that has so prejudiced this case that we are entitled to another trial on this case.”
    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.