Wilkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullaney v. Wilbur · Smith v. State · 53 Ala. App. 657 - Smith v. State · James v. State · Tarrant v. City of Birmingham
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The court charges the Jury that where the Defendant introduces evidence of self-defense to justify the killing of deceased, the burden is upon the State to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the killing was not in self-defense, and unless the State has done so in this case, you must find the defendant not guilty."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“too broad as to the burden on the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.