Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
November 1999
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. State · Glover v. State · Lagenour v. State · Taylor v. State · Akins 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he language of this presumption ... is no more than reflective of the burden the State bears in an arson case to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fire was knowingly or intentionally set by some person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alexander 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.