Spears v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gaddis v. State · Manlove 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... this court does not deal in conjecture. Guilt must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and no other standard of proof will be accepted. Where the evidence merely tends to support a conclusion of guilt it is not enough; such a conclusion must be supported by the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. Gaddis v. State (1969), 253 Ind. 73 , 251 N.E.2d 658 . Manlove v. State (1968), 250 Ind. 70 , 232 N.E.2d 874 [ 235 N.E.2d 62 ]."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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