607 So. 2d 298 - Purser v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 1998
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aldridge v. State · 344 So. 2d 1264 - Slinker v. State · 376 So. 2d 1112 - Ward v. State · Ex Parte Ward · 409 So. 2d 987 - Lawrence v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"[PROSECUTOR]: It all hinges on Karen Purser. She's the only one out there at the Pine Bowl when it all happens, and she can tell you what happened. Well, excuse me. She's not the only one, other than Mark Pollard, who is no longer with us, and Allen Purser, who is on trial for killing Mark Pollard and trying to kill Karen.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“because the objection was general and not specific, and because the curative instruction was refused, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]here is no offense of attempted manslaughter in the State of Alabama.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Westbrook v. State
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