State v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
45
cited by 45 later decisions
2
states following
December 2025
most recently cited
45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Dunn · State v. Holgate · State v. Low · State v. Montoya · United States v. Irvin
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] defendant must overcome a substantial burden on appeal to show that the trial court erred in denying a motion for directed verdict.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Doyle · State v. Flores“We review a trial court's ruling on a motion for directed verdict for correctness.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Arnold v. Grigsby · State v. Doyle“Where the grounds upon which a motion is made before the trial court differ from the grounds argued on appeal, appellate courts will generally dismiss those arguments as unpreserved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.