822 So. 2d 476 - Ex Parte State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[A] claim that is procedurally barred . . . in a postconviction petition clearly is not one that entitles a petitioner to relief. If a postconviction claim does not entitle the petitioner to relief, then the petitioner has failed to establish good cause for the discovery of materials related to that claim. See Land."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hodges v. State · 941 So. 2d 327 - State v. Stallworth

2. “Alabama has never recognized any exceptions to the procedural default grounds contained in Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. We have repeatedly stated that the procedural bars in Rule 32 apply equally to all cases, including those in which the death penalty has been imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 913 So. 2d 460 - Hamm v. State

3. “); the Alabama Department of Corrections (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 941 So. 2d 327 - State v. Stallworth