Willingham v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 2015
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Drinkard v. Walker · Fortson v. State · 276 Ga. App. 107 - Anthony v. State · Brewer v. State · Favors 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“However, on appeal, the function of [the appellate court] is not to weigh the evidence or resolve conflicts in trial testimony; [the appellate court] is to examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and to determine whether it is legally sufficient to uphold a finding of the defendant’s guilt. 3”
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.