Sullivan v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
52
cited by 52 later decisions
1
states following
July 2019
most recently cited
52 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Johnson v. Commonwealth
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“applies not only to findings of fact, but also to any reasonable and justified inferences the fact-finder may have drawn from the facts proved.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“relevant question is, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.