Woods v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The willful maltreatment of a child is encompassed in the definition of child abuse set out in § 26-15-3, Ala. Code 1975. While the statute does not define the term 'willfully maltreat,' that term, like the other terms used in the statute, such as 'torture' and 'willfully abuse,' can be defined by general or common usage and provides an appropriate yardstick for a jury to measure certain conduct. See Chambers v. State , 364 So.2d 416 (Ala. Cr. App.), cert. denied, 364 So.2d 420 (Ala. 1978). This court has held that the child abuse statute encompasses acts of omission as well as those of commission. Phelps v. State , 439 So.2d 727 (Ala. Cr. App. 1983). Thus, willful maltreatment may result from a willful act or omission that evidences such a serious disregard of the consequences as to cause harm or to threaten harm to a child's health or welfare . See § 26-14-1, Ala. Code 1975. This may include a willful denial of medial care.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Graham v. State · Harris v. State

2. “[a] child's natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, custodian, or any other person who has the permanent or temporary care or custody or responsibility for the supervision of a child.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Contreras v. State · Harris v. State

3. “"`"[O]nce a prosecutor has offered a race-neutral explanation for the peremptory challenges and the trial court has ruled on the ultimate question of intentional discrimination, the preliminary issue of whether the defendant had made a prima facie showing becomes moot." Hernandez v. New York, 500 U.S. 352, 358-60 , 111 S.Ct. 1859, 1866 , 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991). Where the challenged party's explanations for its strikes are a part of the record, the appellate court will review those explanations regardless of the manner in which they came into the record. See, e.g., Huntley v. State, 627 So.2d 1013, 1016 (Ala.1992); Jackson v. State, 594 So.2d 1289, 1293 (Ala.Cr.App.1991); Williams v. State, 548 So.2d 501, 504 (Ala.Cr.App.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1028 , 109 S.Ct. 1159 , 103 L.Ed.2d 218 (1989). Additionally, "[a] circuit court's ruling in a Batson objection is entitled to great deference and we will reverse a circuit court's Batson findings only if they are `clearly erroneous.'" [Ex parte] Branch, 526 So.2d [609]at 625-26 [(Ala.1987)].'"”

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