618 So. 2d 134 - Howell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'is of doubtful propriety, certainly where one aspect of the putative evidence is singled out. . . .' Ward v. State , 44 Ala. App. 229 , 253 , 206 So.2d 897 , 921 (1966), cert. denied, 281 Ala. 650 , 206 So.2d 922 (1967).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 615 So. 2d 121 - Cameron v. State · 777 So. 2d 162 - Hagood v. State

2. “'[A] trial lawyer [has] a broad right to question prospective jurors as to any matter which might aid him in the intelligent exercise of his right to peremptory challenges. . . . The examination is not confined to matters which disqualify a juror, but extends to any matter which might tend to affect the verdict. . . . The scope of the examination is left largely to the discretion of the trial judge.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 625 So. 2d 1178 - Lane v. State

3. “Bracewell v. State , 447 So.2d 815 , 821 (Ala.Cr.App. 1983), affirmed, 447 So.2d 827 (Ala.), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 980 , 105 S.Ct. 382 , 83 L.Ed.2d 318 (1984).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 625 So. 2d 1178 - Lane v. State