Slaton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Alabama courts have consistently held that even when a trial court adopts verbatim a party's proposed order, the findings of fact and conclusions of law are those of the trial court and they may be reversed only if they are clearly erroneous.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riley v. State · Giles v. State

2. “The petitioner shall have the burden of pleading and proving by a preponderance of the evidence the facts necessary to entitle the petitioner to relief.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 999 So. 2d 561 - Madison v. State

3. “If the circuit court is correct for any reason, even though it may not be the stated reason, we will not reverse its denial of the petition.”

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