State v. Gibbons’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1990
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Perry v. United States · State v. DeZeler · State v. Kotka
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The circumstantial evidence in a criminal case is entitled to as much weight as any other kind of evidence so long as the circumstances proved are consistent with the hypothesis that the accused is guilty and inconsistent with any rational hypothesis except that of his guilt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Race · State v. Berndt
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.