907 So. 2d 458 - Wheat v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Moehlenkamp · United States v. Dudley · United States v. Schumann ex rel. Estate of Schumann · 187 Ill. 2d 461 - People v. Robinson · United States v. Pomeroy
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The Supreme Court in Cook intended to adopt the rule followed by the majority of state and federal jurisdictions when a defendant dies while an appeal as of right of his or her conviction is pending the prosecution abates ab initio. We are bound by the decisions of the Alabama Supreme Court. § 12-3-16, Ala.Code 1975. Wheat died while his appeal granted to him as of right by statute was pending before this Court. According to the reasoning of Cook, Wheat's conviction was not entitled to any degree of finality."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cherry v. State“There is no indication in the Supreme Court's opinion that its holding in Cook is limited to an appeal to the circuit court from a municipal court conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cherry v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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