845 So. 2d 830 - Miles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"`[T]he circuit court is within its discretion in refusing to consider [a petitioner's] motion to amend his [Rule 32] petition so long as disallowance of the amendment is "based upon some valid ground, such as actual prejudice or undue delay," Cochran v. State, 548 So.2d 1062, 1075 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 900 , 110 S.Ct. 259 , 107 L.Ed.2d 208 (1989). A court may refuse permission to amend where there is no showing of diligence or no showing that the underlying facts were unknown to the petitioner before filing his petition. Whitehead v. State, 593 So.2d 126 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991); Cochran . '"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hinton v. State · 900 So. 2d 443 - Rhone v. State

2. “`[T]he circuit court is within its discretion in refusing to consider [a petitioner's] motion to amend his [Rule 32] petition so long as disallowance of the amendment is "based upon some valid ground, such as actual prejudice or undue delay,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 443 - Rhone v. State

3. “`[T]he circuit court is within its discretion in refusing to consider [a petitioner's] motion to amend his [Rule 32] petition so long as disallowance of the amendment is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 443 - Rhone v. State