607 So. 2d 344 - McGee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"In addition to any penalties heretofore or hereafter provided by law for any person convicted of an unlawful sale of a controlled substance, there is hereby imposed a penalty of five years incarceration in a state corrections facility with no provision for probation if the situs of such unlawful sale was on the campus or within a three-mile radius of the campus boundaries of any public or private school, college, university or other educational institution in this state."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bryant v. State · Broaden v. State

2. “'[W]e believe that the legislature clearly intended to protect these areas . . . from the evils associated with drug activities,' Qualls v. State , 555 So.2d 1158 , 1165 (Ala.Cr.App. 1989), and to provide for more serious sentences to those individuals who sell illegal drugs near schools or housing projects.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Broaden v. State · 669 So. 2d 202 - Ex Parte State Ex Rel. Barber

3. “Kendrick v. State , 377 So.2d 1112 , 1114 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979), writ denied, 377 So.2d 1114 (Ala. 1979), citing Stoley v. State , 254 Ala. 534 , 541 , 49 So.2d 284 (1951); Watkins v. State , 357 So.2d 156 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 357 So.2d 161 (Ala. 1978).'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 615 So. 2d 126 - Moody v. State · 652 So. 2d 769 - Knight v. State