Sage v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1991
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on White v. State · Lowe v. State · 120 Ill. App. 3d 470 - Dickman v. COUNTRY MUTUAL INSUR. CO. · McFarland v. State · Houston 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the evidence as a whole leads unerringly and unmistakeably to a conclusion opposite that reached by the [post-conviction hearing] court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kendrick 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.