Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
2
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Idaho v. Wright · 895 So. 2d 836 - Bush v. State · 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State · 460 So. 2d 778 - May 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“reasonable fair-minded [jurors] in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions on every element of the offense, the evidence will be deemed to have been sufficient.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“point in favor of the defendant on any element of the offense with sufficient force that reasonable [jurors] could not have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty,”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.