State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
June 1987
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Spreigl · State v. Billstrom · Holland v. United States · Friedman v. United States · State v. Hagen
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is such proof as ordinarily prudent men and women would act upon in their most important affairs. A reasonable doubt is a doubt based on reason and common sense; it does not mean a fanciful or capricious doubt, nor does it mean beyond all possibility of doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sap
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.