State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently November 2000
10 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Arceneaux v. Domingue · 448 So. 2d 676 - State v. Captville · 277 So. 2d 126 - State v. Prieur · 436 So. 2d 475 - State v. Kahey
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.
“To further put this definition in perspective, and as indicated in the above quote, clear and convincing evidence requires more proof than a `preponderance of the evidence.' A preponderance of the evidence has been defined as follows: A preponderance of the evidence means evidence of greater weight or evidence which is more convincing than that offered in opposition to it. Starks v. Kelly, 435 So.2d 552, 556 (La. App. 1st Cir.1983). And clear and convincing evidence is less than `beyond a reasonable doubt.' `Beyond a reasonable doubt' has been defined as follows: A reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt. It should be an actual or substantial doubt. It is such a doubt as a reasonable man would seriously entertain. It is a serious doubt, for which you could give good reason. State v. Taylor, 410 So.2d 224, 225 (La. 1982).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“standard. The common standard of proof in civil cases is a preponderance of the evidence. However, there are a limited number of claims and contentions which can be proven only by an intermediate standard termed”
2 later decisions 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.