584 So. 2d 889 - Prince 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. “on the appellant, by its nature, could have generated such a hope in the appellant that he may have been improperly induced to make his statement').”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 1100 - Gaddy v. State · 718 So. 2d 723 - McLeod v. State

2. “'It is well settled that the mere fact that a defendant is functionally illiterate or simple-minded will not vitiate the voluntariness of his confession. Cliff v. State , 518 So.2d 786 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987). The low mentality of a defendant should go to the weight and credibility of the confession rather than to its admissibility. Elrod v. State , 281 Ala. 331 , 202 So.2d 539 (1967). A defendant's mental impairment, even if it exists, is merely one factor affecting the validity of his waiver of rights and the voluntariness of his confession. Whittle v. State , 518 So.2d 793 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Sasser v. State , 497 So.2d 1131 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986). See generally, Annot. 8 A.L.R.4th 16 (1981).' Lewis v. State , 535 So.2d 228 , 235 (Ala.Cr.App. 1988).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 663 So. 2d 1017 - Hogan v. State

3. “it would `go lighter' on him if he talked. 281 Ala. at 506 , 205 So.2d at 585 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 698 So. 2d 1100 - Gaddy v. State