State v. Wynne’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably State v. Lee (1994), State v. Brooks (1994)
74 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Wainwright v. Witt · Kirby v. Illinois · Brewer v. Williams · Payne v. Tennessee
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the [trial court's] findings of fact support [its] conclusions of law, such findings and conclusions are binding upon us on appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“1) This murder was actually committed by Henry Lee Hunt and Elwell Barnes was only an accomplice in the murder and his participation in the murder was relatively minor. 2) Elwell Barnes acted under the domination of another person. 3) The defendant, Elwell Barnes, has an I.Q. of 68 which impairs his judgment and insight in everyday living. 4) Any other circumstance or circumstances arising from the evidence which you the jury deem to have mitigating value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Barnes
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.