708 So. 2d 232 - Turner v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 122 - Holladay v. State · Reeves v. State · 507 So. 2d 580 - Anderson v. State · 559 So. 2d 1084 - Adams v. Boan · Harrison v. State
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.
“"Section 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975, specifies that, in order to reduce murder to manslaughter, the heat of passion must have been caused by a provocation recognized by law. Alabama courts have acknowledged such legal provocation in only two circumstances: (1) when the accused catches his/her spouse in the act of adultery; and (2) when the accused has been assaulted or was faced with what appeared to be an imminent assault. Hill v. State, 699 So.2d 974 (Ala.Cr.App.1997)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"A person commits the crime of manslaughter if ... [h]e causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder under Section 13A-6-2; except, that he causes the death due to a sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and for reason to reassert itself."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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