418 So. 2d 959 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 1995
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 391 So. 2d 133 - Dolvin v. State · 359 So. 2d 836 - Scruggs v. State · 405 So. 2d 402 - Stewart v. State · Mullins v. State · 381 So. 2d 672 - James 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Circumstantial evidence is in no wise considered inferior evidence and will sustain a conviction as stoutly as will direct evidence, provided it points to the guilt of the accused.”
1 later decision 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.