State v. Holley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Holley’s affidavit of substantial hardship contains a summary of deposits to his inmate account for the last 12 months. The summary shows monthly balances as high as $185. The Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure define ‘indigent’ as ‘a person who is financially unable to pay for his or her defense.’ Rule 6.3(a), Ala. R.Crim. P.[ 1 ] We cannot say that Judge McCooey abused her discretion in finding that Holley fails to meet this definition.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ex parte William Keith Robey. · Ex Parte Wyre, Jr., Cr-10-0773 (ala.crim.app. 5-27-2011)

2. ““(a) There shall be a consolidated civil filing fee, known as a docket fee, collected from a plaintiff at the time a complaint is filed in circuit court or in district court. “(b) The docket fee may be waived initially and taxed as costs at the conclusion of the case if the court finds that payment of the fee will constitute a substantial hardship. A verified statement of substantial hardship, signed by the plaintiff and approved by the court, shall be filed with the clerk of court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Biddle

3. ““‘The use of the term “shall” in [§ 12-19-70] makes the payment of the filing fee mandatory. See Prince v. Hunter, 388 So.2d 546, 547 (Ala. 1980). It was the obvious intent of the legislature to require that either the payment of this fee or a court-approved verified statement of substantial hardship accompany the complaint at the time of filing.’ “[De-Gas, Inc. v. Midland Resources,] 470 So.2d [1218] at 1220 [(Ala. 1985)]....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Biddle