50 Ala. App. 115 - Scopolites v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
2
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. People of State of New York · United States v. Tucker · Townsend v. Burke · Henry v. State of Mississippi · United States v. Doyle
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . [T]he two California narcotics charges were not denied by Scopolites. . . . The fact that somewhere in the judicial process the charges were dismissed does not wipe out the fact that two offenses were charged."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"Defense counsel, ready at other times to object, here chose to remain silent. We treat his silence as a waiver."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“had other narcotic charges in California which were dismissed.”
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.