Underwood v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
90 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently May 2003 · most notably Gardner v. State (1978), Finch v. State (1977)
90 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
Relies on Middleton v. State · National Life & Accident Insurance v. Blanton · Bennett and Holiman v. State · Roath v. State · Brewer v. State
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A conviction cannot be had in any case of felony upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed, and the circumstances thereof. ...””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“‘ ‘ The corroborating testimony required by this statute must be of a substantial character which, of itself and independently of the statement of the accomplice, tends in some degree to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime, although such evidence need not in itself be sufficient to support a conviction .... Evidence which merely raises a suspicion that accused may be guilty, or which is as consistent with defendant’s innocence as guilt is not sufficient .... The question of the sufficiency of the corroborating evidence justifying submission of the question of defendant’s guilt to the jury must, of necessity, be governed by the facts and circumstances of each particular case, having regard for the nature of the crime, the character of the accomplice’s testimony and the general requirements with respect to corroboration.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shipp v. State“You are instructed that evidence introduced by the State in this case, of similar offenses and a planned similar offense which was to occur prior to the offense charged in the information, was admitted solely for the purpose of showing the defendant's intent, if any; motive, if any; guilty knowledge, if any; and his part in a common scheme, if any; and you may consider it for this purpose and this purpose only. You may consider such evidence then only if you find beyond a reasonable doubt that similar offenses occurred or another similar offense had been planned and that the defendant participated in the alleged common design. The defendant is not on trial for any offense except the offense charged in the information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lauderdale v. State
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.