Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Faust v. State (2017), Jackson v. State (2007)
39 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 · Boykin v. Alabama · Gregg v. State · Hance v. State · Stevens 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The standard for determining the admissibility of confessions is the preponderance of evidence. To determine whether the [S]tate has proven that a confession was made voluntarily, the trial court must consider the totality of the circumstances. Unless clearly erroneous, a trial court's findings as to factual determinations and credibility relating to the admissibility of a confession will be upheld on appeal." [Cit.]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“At best, this evidence shows that [Jackson] was attempting to repel an attack, not that he was so angered that he reacted passionately.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jackson 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.