State v. Gilliland’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Wilson · State v. Weston · State v. Cherry · Sheppard v. State · State v. Pinckney
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.
“An appellate court reviews the denial of a directed verdict by viewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson“'[W]hen the [circumstantial] evidence presented merely raises a suspicion of guilt,' the trial court should direct a verdict in favor of the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson“A mere suspicion is a belief that is inspired by 'facts or circumstances which do not amount to proof.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson
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.