Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably Echols v. State (1996), Williams v. State (2002)
45 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 Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · 35 Ill. 2d 467 - The People v. Weinstein · Bisaillon v. Sureck · D. H. Roe and Stratoray Oil, Inc. v. United States · National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
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.
“”. . . Closing arguments must be confined to questions in issue, the evidence introduced and all reasonable inferences and deductions which can be drawn therefrom. . . . Whenever,, trial counsel argues matters that áre beyond the record and states facts or makes assertions hot supported )z>y any evidence that are prejudicial/ to /the opposite party, there is clearly error. .. . , “When objection is made, the presiding judge should appropriately reprimand counsel and instruct the jury not to consider the statement, and in short, do everything possible to see that the verdict of the jury is neither produced nor influenced by such argument .... The failure to sustain a proper objection to argument of matters not disclosed by the record is serious error, because it gives the appearance that the improper argument has not only the sanction but the endorsement of the court . . . .” 1”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. State · Rolax v. State““The presumption of innocence is so strong that it serves an accused as evidence in his favor throughout the trial and entitles him to an acquittal unless the state adduces evidence which convinces the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty of the crime charged. ... It is a fundamental right in the American system antedating any constitution and an essential of due process of law. ... It alone puts in issue the truth and credibility of all of the evidence offered against an accused. . . ,” 2”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Rolax v. State · Tate 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.