State v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1971
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Harvill · State v. Reynolds
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“.“In-..order to sustain a conviction on .circumstantial evidence, the circumstances proven by the State must not only be consistent with the hypothesis that the accused is guilty, but also must be inconsistent with any hypothesis or theory which would establish or tend to establish his innocence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Nichols
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.