51 Ala. App. 393 - Ballard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 29 state decisions

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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ballard was offered no reward, or inducement for the confessions; that no physical violence was committed against Ballard; that he was not told that it would be better if he confessed; and also he was advised of his right to remain silent and to have an attorney present during the interrogations____ There was no evidence that Ballard ever asked for an attorney.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ballard v. Johnson

2. ““To warrant a continuance, the courts have agreed: (1) that the expected evidence must be material and competent; (2) that there must be a probability that the testimony can be obtained at a future time; (3) that due diligence must have been exercised to secure the evidence.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parker v. State

3. ““A continuance of a criminal case by reason of the absence of some defense witnesses is left to the sound discretion of the trial court and is not reversible on appeal unless clear abuse of discretion is positively shown.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parker v. State