Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist
← 873 SO2D 1171 - Harris v. State

Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 516 So. 2d 876 - Hill v. State · 703 So. 2d 871 - Ex Parte Cobb · 705 So. 2d 542 - Harris v. State · 523 So. 2d 518 - Jones v. State · 602 So. 2d 459 - Buchanan 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “"[A] proper determination of whether an object constitutes a deadly weapon should be made based on the totality of the circumstances of the case, including the nature of the object, the manner in which it is used, and the circumstances surrounding its use. Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude that the piece of a concrete block the appellant threw into [the victim's] vehicle was 'adapted for the purposes of inflicting death or serious physical injury.' § 13A-1-2(7), Ala. Code 1975. Therefore, it constituted a deadly weapon ...."”
    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.