Gear v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
68
cited by 68 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
68 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler))
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brooks v. State · Hooper v. State · Laster v. State · Samadi v. Oliver
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we view all of the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Each fact need not point directly and independently to the guilt of the appellant, as long as the cumulative force of all the incriminating circumstances is sufficient to support the conviction.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to draw reasonable inferences from basic facts to ultimate facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zarate v. State · McGruder v. 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.