Henderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' "A prosecutor as well as defense counsel has a right to present his impressions from the evidence,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Smith v. State · Johnson v. State

2. ““ ‘Furthermore, on appeal, there is a presumption in favor of the correctness- of the jury verdict. Saffold v. State, 494 So.2d 164 (Ala.Crim.App.1986). Although that presumption of correctness is strong, it may be overcome in a limited category of cases where the verdict is found to be palpably, wrong or contrary to the great weight- of the evidence. Bell v. State, 461 So.2d 855, 865 . (Ala.Crim.App.1964).’ “Henderson v. State, 584 So.2d 841, 851 (Ala.Crim.App.1988).””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Chapman v. State · Jones v. State

3. “`the prosecuting attorney may characterize the accused or his conduct in language which, although it consists of invective or opprobrious terms, accords with the evidence of the case.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 914 So. 2d 372 - Minor v. State · 640 So. 2d 982 - McWilliams v. State