Gray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"As the trial judge stated in his oral charge, § 13A-6-3 (a)(2) [defining heat of passion manslaughter], is designed to cover those situations where the jury does not believe a defendant is guilty of murder but also does not believe the killing was totally justified by self-defense."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harper v. State

2. “Reeves v. State , 186 Ala. 14 , 65 So. 160 , 161 .' Easley v. State , 246 Ala. 359 , at 362, 20 So.2d 519 , 522 (Ala. 1944). Thus, the mere appearance of imminent assault may be sufficient to arouse heat of passion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 675 So. 2d 537 - Williams v. State

3. “Cox , at 1298 . (Emphasis added.) In Cox we concluded that "[t]he jury could have reasonably found that the appellant believed that he was about to be assaulted , and, therefore acted out of the heat of passion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 675 So. 2d 537 - Williams v. State