Vance v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
44
cited by 44 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
44 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Francis v. Franklin · Hicks v. State · Ross v. State · Spencer 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“because the term “reasonable” is inherently equivocal, it is conceivable that a juror could be reasonably certain of an element of a crime, and at the same time harbor a reasonable doubt as to that element. Hence, a juror who heard the phrase “reasonable certainty” might apply a lesser standard of proof than guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Baldwin 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.