State v. Williford’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently August 2015 · most notably State v. Fletcher (1971), 136 Wis. 2d 222 - State v. Clappes (1987)
42 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Blackburn v. Alabama · Reck v. Pate · Clewis v. Texas · Kennedy v. Powell
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Now, members of the jury, on the charge of rape, the court charges you that if you are satisfied from the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that either one or all of these defendants had carnal knowledge, had sexual intercourse, forcibly and against the will of Carolyn Euart on this occasion, that is, if either of these or all of these had carnal knowledge of Carolyn Euart without her consent and against her will, she putting up as much resist- anee as she could under the circumstances, the court charges you that it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty of rape as charged in the bill of indictment, and that you may find either of them guilty of rape as charged in the bill of indictment, or you may find them guilty of rape with the recommendation of life imprisonment.” Id. at 275.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““(So I charge you that if you find from the evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 16th of June, 1973, Lawrence Robert Little, Jr., Leroy Gibson, or J. T. Harris, or some of them, or all of them, agreed with David Smith or with one other of their number to maliciously damage the property of someone else by the use of an explosive or incendiary device, and if you further find that they intended at the time the agreement was made that this damage to property at Riverside in Wilmington would be accomplished by the use of an explosive device that it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. However, if you do not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to any one or more of these things it would be your responsibility to enter a verdict of not guilty.)” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gibson“"... Clearly the evidence in the case sustains the facts found; however, the findings of fact are not sufficient to support the conclusion that the statements made by the defendant ... to [the law enforcement officer] . . . were made voluntarily and with understanding.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Silver
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.