52 Ala. App. 291 - Floyd v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The three essential elements of the crime of robbery are: (a) felonious intent, (b) force, or putting in fear as a means of effecting the intent, and (c) by that means of taking and carrying away of the property of another from his person or in his presence, all of these elements concurring in point of time. Douglass v. State , 21 Ala. App. 289 , 107 So. 791 ; Hardis v. State , 28 Ala. App. 524 , 189 So. 216 ; Cobern v. State , 273 Ala. 547 , 142 So.2d 869 ; Floyd v. State , 52 Ala. App. 291 , 291 So.2d 382 ."”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Calhoun v. State · McCalpin v. State

2. ““The appellant was put to trial with a presumption of innocence in his favor. The writer of this brief has thoroughly studied and examined the case, the transcript, and the law, and has found no error upon which an assignment of error can be made for which authorities can be cited. Therefore, the writer asks this Honorable Court to please study this case for any violation of the rights of the appellant, keeping in mind that he was presumed innocent.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 53 Ala. App. 661 - Tarver v. State