State v. Brannon’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Whren v. United States · California v. Hodari D. · Michigan v. Chesternut · Devenpeck v. Alford
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence or nonexistence of evidence, not its weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hurell“On appeal from the denial of a directed verdict, [the appellate court] must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Hurell“A defendant is entitled to a directed verdict when the State fails to produce evidence of the offense charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hurell
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.