54 Ala. App. 96 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An unintentional killing of a human being arising from a wanton, or reckless use' of firearms, in absence of intent to discharge the weapon and under circumstances not evidencing a heart devoid of sense of social duty, is manslaughter, and may be classified as voluntary or involuntary as circumstances of the case dictate.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 370 So. 2d 1111 - Maddox v. State

2. ““In a prosecution for murder, it is for the jury to determine the claim of the accused that the shooting was accidental. Harrell v. State, 160 Ala. 91 , 49 So. 805 ; Powell v. State, 219 Ala. 557 , 123 So. 34 ; Macon v. State, 36 Ala.App. 651 , 63 So.2d 32 ; McMillan v. State, 44 Ala.App. 216 , 205 So.2d 603 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 381 So. 2d 223 - Langley v. State