515 So. 2d 140 - Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “" 'To warrant the reception of an object in evidence against an objection than an unbroken chain of custody has not been shown, it is not necessary that it be proved to an absolute certainty but only to a reasonable probability, that the object is the same as, and not substantially different from, the object as it existed at the commencement of the chain.' "”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 600 So. 2d 336 - Bartlett v. State

2. “Admission of evidence as to the speed or manner of operation of an automobile prior to the time of an accident is a matter for the trial court's discretion. . . . The job for the trial court is to look at the speed or conduct prior to the accident and to determine if there is a high probability that it continued up until the accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 853 - Klingel v. State

3. “The admission into evidence of the apparent speed or manner of operation of a vehicle prior to the time of an accident is a matter for the trial court's discretion. Washington v. State , 473 So.2d 642 (Ala.Crim.App. 1985).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 515 So. 2d 137 - Lofton v. State