Nettles v. Bishop

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• agreeing that the settled rule is that the report of an investigating officer is not admissible as it is hearsay
• noting the apparent general rule that “the report of an investigating officer is not admissible in evidence as being hearsay”
• noting the apparent general rule that 'the report of an investigating officer is not admissible in evidence as being hearsay'
• noting that police reports are hearsay
• nothing that police reports are hearsay
• error to admit trooper's accident report after reconstruction expert testified that in forming his opinion he considered facts therein

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-08· cited 46×
• W. T. Ratliff Company, Inc. v. Purvis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-02-14· cited 31×
• Gentry v. Gilmore
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-01-29· cited 26×
• Shanklin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2014-12-19· cited 22×
• Harrison v. Woodley Square Apartments, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-09-24· cited 18×
• Reeves v. King
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-09-30· cited 13×
• Dennis v. Scarborough
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-04-28· cited 13×
• Big Three Motors, Inc. v. Rutherford
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-05-20· cited 12×
• MacK v. Carmack, 1091040 (Ala. 9-9-2011)
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2011-09-09· cited 12×
• Dubray v. South Dakota Department of Social Services
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2004-12-15· cited 11×
• Erwin v. Sanders
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-10-02· cited 11×
• Armstead v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-04-22· cited 9×
• Mainor v. Hayneville Telephone Co.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1997-12-19· cited 8×
• Mattingly v. Cummings
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-10-03· cited 7×
• Worsham v. Fletcher
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-13· cited 6×
• Leonard v. Cunningham
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2008-09-26· cited 6×
• Anonymous v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-08-12· cited 5×
• Williams v. Tyler
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-10-01· cited 5×
• Crusoe v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2015-02-20· cited 4×
• Gardner v. Williams
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1980-09-24· cited 4×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Vest v. Gay
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1963-05-30· cited 76×
• Shirley v. Shirley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-02-25· cited 65×
• Thompson v. Magic City Trucking Service
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1963-05-30· cited 38×
• HARVEY REGLAND COMPANY v. Newton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-08-28· cited 33×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1963-02-28· cited 30×
• Western Railway of Alabama v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1967-02-23· cited 15×
• Godwin v. Jerkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1968-03-07· cited 13×
• Coe v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1961-05-11· cited 10×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-06-14· cited 9×
• Peoples Tel. Co. v. Buchanon
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1953-12-01· cited 7×
• Smith v. Pierce
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1961-11-02· cited 6×