Singleton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 559 So. 2d 187 - State v. Law · 830 So. 2d 792 - Pagan v. State · 803 So. 2d 629 - Hertz v. State · 961 So. 2d 198 - Baugh v. State · 432 So. 2d 579 - Quintana v. De La Luz Quintana
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the only proof of guilt is circumstantial, no matter how strongly the evidence may suggest guilt, a conviction cannot be sustained unless the evidence is inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is direct evidence that A shot B. Circumstantial evidence is evidence which involves an additional inference to prove the material fact; e.g.,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an accused's mere presence at the scene does not eliminate a reasonable hypothesis that someone other than the accused committed the crime.”
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.