677 So. 2d 786 - Snell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 2016
9 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 Easton v. United States · Republic of Ghana v. Trefalcon Corp. · Rondon v. Indiana · 548 So. 2d 547 - Ex Parte Hallford · 548 So. 2d 562 - Ex Parte Hinton
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[t]he trial court may order separate trials for the offenses if it appears the defendant will be prejudiced by the joinder of the offenses. Ala.R. Crim.P. 13.4. `The burden of proof is on the defendant to demonstrate specific and compelling prejudice which the trial court cannot protect against and which causes him to receive an unfair trial.' Summerlin v. State , 594 So.2d 235 , 236 (Ala.Crim.App. 1991). See also Hinton v. State , 548 So.2d 547 (Ala.Crim.App. 1988), aff'd, 548 So.2d 562 (Ala. 1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 969 , 110 S.Ct. 419 , 107 L.Ed.2d 383 (1989). `The granting of a severance rests within the discretion of the trial court and its refusal to sever counts or defendants that are properly joined will only be reversed for a clear abuse of discretion.' Summerlin v. State , 594 So.2d at 236 . See also King v. State , 518 So.2d 880 (Ala.Crim.App. 1987).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"`Only the count upon which appellant was found guilty is subject to appellate review.' DeFries v. State , 597 So.2d 742 , 744 (Ala.Crim.App. 1992) ( quoting Hammond v. State , 354 So.2d 280 , 284 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. quashed , 354 So.2d 294 (Ala. 1977), cert. denied 439 U.S. 823 , 99 S.Ct. 91 , 58 L.Ed.2d 115 (1978))."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Davenport v. State““(a) Offenses. Two or more offenses may be joined in an indictment, information, or complaint, if they: “(1) Are of the same or similar character; or “(2) Are based on the same conduct or are otherwise connected in their commission; or “(3) Are alleged to have been part of a common scheme or plan.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.