Weems v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably Cook v. State (1999), Brown v. State (2001)
48 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 · Johnson v. State · Momon v. State · Teague v. State · Harley-Davidson Motor Co. v. Daniel
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in practically every case, the motive, intent, or state of mind of such an officer will not be "matters concerning which the truth must be found." At heart, a criminal prosecution is designed to find the truth of what a defendant did, and, on occasion, of why he did it. It is most unusual that a prosecution will properly concern itself with why an investigating officer did something. If the hearsay rule is to remain a part of our law, then O.C.G.A. § 24-3-2 (Code Ann. § 38-302) must be contained within its proper limit. Otherwise, the repetition of the rote words "to explain conduct" can become imprimatur for the admission of rumor, gossip, and speculation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown v. State“Generally, where a mistrial is granted on the defendant’s motion, double jeopardy does not bar a retrial unless it is established that the State intended to “goad” the defendant into moving for a mistrial to avoid a reversal or to obtain a more favorable chance of a guilty verdict on retrial. Williams v. State, 268 Ga. 488, 489 ( 491 SE2d 377 ) (1997); Mobley v. State, 262 Ga. 808 (2) ( 426 SE2d 150 ) (1993).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a confidential informant has provided information which initiates an investigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brown 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.