Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Nazario v. State · Stinski v. State · 247 Ga. App. 719 - Stephens 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person commits the offense of arson in the first degree when, by means of fire or explosive, ... she knowingly damages or knowingly causes, aids, abets, advises, encourages, hires, counsels, or procures another to damage ... [a]ny vehicle ... under such circumstances that it is reasonably foreseeable that human life might be endangered . 6”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. CLARY v. the STATE.“'was surrounded by homes, other businesses, and a gas station, and that the fire presented a danger to residents, the public, and firefighters'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. CLARY v. the STATE.
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.