Thompkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even assuming that the other statutory terms for the granting of a continuance were met, it affirmatively appears that the requirement, “that the applicant expects he will be able to procure the testimony of the witness at the next term of the court,” was not fulfilled.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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