611 So. 2d 506 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

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

1. ““The general rule is that ‘ “[e]xtrajudicial confessions are prima facie involuntary and inadmissible, and the burden is on the State to prove that the confession was made voluntarily.” ’ Ex parte Weeks, 531 So.2d 643, 644 (Ala.1988), quoting Ex parte Callahan, 471 So.2d 463, 464 (Aa.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1019 , 106 S.Ct. 567 , 88 L.Ed.2d 552 (1985). ‘The trial court need only be convinced from a preponderance of the evidence to find a confession to have been voluntarily made.’ Jackson v. State, 562 So.2d 1373 (Aa.Cr.App.1990). See also Ex parte McCary, 528 So.2d 1133 (Aa.1988).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sparks v. State

2. “The question of undue influence in obtaining admissions or confessions is determined by an examination of all attendant circumstances, with the inquiry focusing on whether the accused's free will and rational intellect were overborne at the time of his confession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. AM v. State

3. “The grounds for challenging a prospective juror for cause are set forth in § 12-16-150, Code of Alabama 1975 . Here, no specific statutory ground existed to strike this juror for cause, so an `absolute bias' on her part must have been shown.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 893 So. 2d 488 - Snyder v. State