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← 142 Vt. 512 - State v. Debanville

State v. Debanville’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1989
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Derouchie · State v. Coburn · State v. Larose · State v. Bevins · State v. Veilleux

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.

  1. “As we said in Derouchie and reaffirm here, “ [t] here is only one standard of proof for criminal convictions, whether the evidence is direct, circumstantial, or a combination of both. The prosecution has the burden of proving each element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.””
    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.