Davidson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[Tjhere shall be no appeal from the circuit court to the supreme court of any case civil or criminal which originated in a justice of the peace, municipal or police court and was thence appealed to the county court and thence to the circuit court unless in the determination of the case a constitutional question be necessarily involved and then only upon the allowance of the appeal by the circuit judge or by a judge of the supreme court.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Town of Flora · 879 So. 2d 1057 - Johnson v. State

2. “The presence of a constitutional question and the granting of an appeal by either the circuit judge or a judge of the Supreme Court are both necessary ingredients for a viable appeal to the Supreme Court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 879 So. 2d 1057 - Johnson v. State