447 So. 2d 199 - Willis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

131

cited by 131 later decisions

states following

September 2018

most recently cited

130 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 131 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Coral v. State (1992), 494 So. 2d 124 - Magwood v. State (1985)

130 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

Relationships

Relies on Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Federal Maritime Commission · 368 So. 2d 871 - Cumbo v. State · Young v. State · 363 So. 2d 1020 - Thomas v. State · 387 So. 2d 280 - Gunn 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 131 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, this Court must accept as true the evidence introduced by the State, accord the State all legitimate inferences therefrom, and consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Barnes v. State · Williams v. State
“"The action of the trial court in denying a motion for judgment of acquittal must be reviewed by determining whether there exists legal evidence before the jury, at the time the motion is made, from which the jury by fair inference could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Coral v. State
“The appellate courts look with disfavor on motions for new trials based on newly discovered evidence and the decision of the trial court will not be disturbed absent abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 497 So. 2d 208 - Isom v. State

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.