Atkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · White v. State · Walker v. State · Manuel v. State · Choisnet 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.
“we view the evidence in a light favorable to the jury's verdict. Weighing the evidence and determining witness credibility are beyond the purview of this [C]ourt. We simply assess whether the evidence was sufficient to find [Meddings] guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the verdict of a jury is found contrary to evidence and the principles of justice and equity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The State v. Arline.“to let no verdict stand unless your conscience approves it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The State v. Arline.
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.