Brooks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1995
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colorado v. Connelly · Lambert v. United States · 387 So. 2d 855 - Eakes v. State · 411 So. 2d 819 - Slaughter v. State · 548 So. 2d 573 - McCray v. State
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The State need only prove to a reasonable probability that the object is in the same condition as, and not substantially different from, its condition at the commencement of the chain. Sommer v. State, 489 So.2d 643, 645 (Ala.Cr.App.1986).’ McCray v. State, 548 So.2d 573, 576 (Ala. Cr.App.1988). ‘The evidence need not negate the most remote possibility of substitution, alteration, or tampering of the evidence.’ Slaughter v. State, 411 So.2d 819, 822 (Ala.Cr.App.1981).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gray v. State · Stone v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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