State v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably State v. Martinez (2007), State v. Dombos (2008)
30 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1201 (International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993)
Relies on Johnson v. United States · Tallman v. ABF (Arkansas Best Freight) · State v. Varela · State v. Salazar · Mendoza v. Brown
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When determining the sufficiency of the evidence, the court views the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict, considering that the State has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. We view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and disregard any contrary evidence. If evidence is in conflict, or credibility is at issue, we accept any interpretation of the evidence that supports the trial court's findings[.] As an appellate court, we do not substitute our judgment for that of the factfinder concerning the credibility of witnesses or the weight to be given their testimony. An appellate court does not observe the demeanor of live witnesses, cannot see a shift of the eyes, sweat, a squirm, a tear, a facial expression, or take notice of other signs that may mean the difference between truth and falsehood to the [factfinder].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Martinez“This standard requires us to view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, resolving all conflicts and indulging all reasonable inferences in support of the jury's verdict. Additionally, circumstantial evidence may be used to establish a conspiracy. Generally, the agreement is a matter of inference from the facts and circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Martinez
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.