White v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
82 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently November 2012 · most notably Isaacs v. State (1989), Allison v. State (1987)
82 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Hicks v. State · Hines v. State · Harris v. State · Davis 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the appellant is entitled to a thorough and sifting cross-examination of a witness, the scope of such cross-examination is within the sound discretion of the trial court. [Cits.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The purpose of the statute is to inform the defendant `in writing of all relevant and material portions of his own statement that the state may rely upon to his disadvantage.' [Cits.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The question of whether there was a reasonable hypothesis favorable to the accused is a question for the jury. [Cits.] “ ‘If a jury is authorized to find that the evidence, circumstantial though it may be, is sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis save that of guilt, the verdict of the jury will not be disturbed by the appellate court unless the verdict is insupportable as a matter of law. [Cits.]’ ” [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baker 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.