Morrison v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1992

Citation profile

cited by 34 later decisions

states following

October 2015

most recently cited

33 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably 666 So. 2d 73 - Ex Parte Taylor (1995), Zumbado v. State (1993)

33 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Colorado v. Connelly · Carnegie v. United States · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Scharffe v. Perkins · Patton v. Yount

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

“"`[T]he mere fact that a prospective juror is personally acquainted with the victim [or his family] does not automatically disqualify a person from sitting on a criminal jury.' Brownlee v. State, 545 So.2d 151, 164 (Ala.Cr.App.1988), affirmed, 545 So.2d 166 (Ala.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 874 , 110 S.Ct. 208 , 107 L.Ed.2d 161 (1989).... Instead, the test is `whether the [prospective] juror's acquaintance with [the victim] or relative is such that it would result in probable prejudice.' Vaughn v. Griffith, 565 So.2d 75, 77 (Ala.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1097, 111 S.Ct. 987 , 112 L.Ed.2d 1072 (1991)."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Thompson v. State · Bohannon v. State
“"The trial judge need only be convinced of the voluntariness of the statement by a preponderance of the evidence, see Colorado v. Connelly , 479 U.S. 157 , 168 , 107 S.Ct. 515 , 522 , 93 L.Ed.2d 473 (1986), and his finding of voluntariness will be reversed on appeal only if `manifestly contrary to the weight of the evidence.' Malone v. State , 452 So.2d 1386 , 1389 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984)."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Butler v. State · Wheeler v. State
““Even though a prospective juror may initially admit to a potential for bias, the trial court’s denial of a motion to strike that person for cause will not be considered error by an appellate court if, upon further questioning, it is ultimately determined that the person can set aside his or her opinions and try the case fairly and impartially, based on the evidence and the law.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Bohannon v. State · 666 So. 2d 73 - Ex Parte Taylor

How this case has been treated — in progress

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