Metzger v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 390 So. 2d 484 - Harvey 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n order for circumstantial evidence to be sufficient for conviction, it must be `... consistent with the accused's guilt, inconsistent with innocence and must exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.