538 So. 2d 44 - Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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

1. “"`"The test for determining whether there is sufficient corroboration of the testimony of an accomplice consists of eliminating the testimony given by the accomplice and examining the remaining evidence to determine if there is sufficient incriminating evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense." Tarver v. State , 500 So.2d 1232 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986), affirmed, 500 So.2d 1256 (Ala. 1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 920 , 107 S.Ct. 3197 , 96 L.Ed.2d 685 (1987), citing, Miller v. State , 290 Ala. 248 , 275 So.2d 675 (1973) (emphasis supplied).' Garrison v. State , 520 So.2d 219 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987) (wherein accomplice testimony was sufficiently corroborated by a witness who testified that, prior to the incident, he overheard a conversation in which the appellant discussed plans for a burglary)."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 746 So. 2d 364 - Boyd v. State · 956 So. 2d 1174 - Stoinski v. State

2. “'to examine the witness[es] by use of tools available to him on cross-examination including contradiction and impeachment,'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 581 So. 2d 1144 - McLeod v. State