Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
37
cited by 37 later decisions
1
states following
December 2022
most recently cited
37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Willis v. State · Mills v. State · Manuel v. State · Alvelo 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“broad discretion to sit as a thirteenth juror and weigh the evidence on a motion for new trial alleging these general grounds. Our sovereign, the law, has in effect said to the trial judge: We charge you to let no verdict stand unless your conscience approves it, although there may be some slight evidence to support it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“where the verdict may be decidedly and strongly against the weight of the evidence even though there may appear to be some slight evidence in favor of the finding.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“afford the trial court broad discretion to sit as a 'thirteenth juror' and weigh the evidence on a motion for new trial alleging these general grounds”
2 later decisions 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.