Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably Hinkston v. State (2000), Flowers v. State (2005)
6 federal appellate · 78 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 Batson v. Kentucky · Gregg v. Georgia · Hernandez v. New York · Purkett v. Elem · McCleskey v. Kemp
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We will reverse a trial court’s ruling on a Batson challenge only when its findings are clearly against the preponderance of the evidence. Green v. State, 330 Ark. 458 , 956 S.W.2d 849 (1997). In making Batson rulings, this court accords some measure of deference to the trial court in that it is in a superior position to make these determinations because it has the opportunity to observe the parties and determine their credibility. Sanford v. State, 331 Ark. 334 , 962 S.W.2d 335 (1998); Roseby v. State, 329 Ark. 554 , 953 S.W.2d 32 (1997). Moreover, unless discriminatory intent appears in the prosecution’s explanation, the reason given will be considered raceneutral. Hernandez v. New York, 500 U.S. 352, 360 , 111 S.Ct. 1859 , 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991). Consistent with our holdings, the record reflects the court struggled over this issue, weighing and assessing the facts and arguments presented, to decide whether the State’s explanation was merely pretextual. MacKintrush, Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Holder v. State“The State’s evidence reflected Williams forcibly abducted Stacy Erri[c]kson, robbed her, raped her, and killed her. It further showed Erri[e]kson had a significant period of time to contemplate her fate. The physical evidence established a violent physical assault by appellant against the victim. Injuries to her head indicated deep bruising to her neck and to her face. The victim was bound with her hands behind her back. The medical testimony further indicated her death was by asphyxiation from strangulation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. Norris
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.