Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This alone would not make the photographic lineup suggestive. Even if the police officer suggested to [the witness] that the robber’s picture was one of the seven pictures, this would not make the photographic lineup suggestive. This court has held in Jones v. State, 415 So.2d 1233 (Ala.Cr.App.1982), ‘that a person [who] is actually told the suspect’s photograph is among the pictures, although generally inadvisable, does not contaminate the identification proceeding.’ See Ramsey v. State, 441 So.2d 1065 (Ala.Cr.App.1983).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 So. 3d 936 - Dotch v. State

2. “To establish a Brady violation, the appellant must demonstrate that: (1) the prosecutor suppressed evidence, (2) the evidence was favorable to the appellant or was exculpatory, and (3) the evidence was material.”

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