Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 state decisions

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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he additional [corroborating] evidence “ ‘may be circumstantial and it may be slight,’ ” [cit.], and it “ ‘need not of itself be sufficient to warrant a conviction of the crime charged,’ ” [cit.]. It must, however, be independent of the accomplice testimony and must “directly connect the defendant with the crime, or lead to the inference that (he) is guilty.” [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. State

2. “The testimony of a single witness is generally sufficient to establish a fact. However, in... felony cases where the only witness is an accomplice, the testimony of a single witness is not sufficient. Nevertheless, corroborating circumstances may dispense with the necessity for the testimony of a second witness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 324 Ga. App. 694 - Deleon-Alvarez v. State