State v. Oliver’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 1993
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Stevens · State v. Conway · State v. Salmon · State v. Orr · State v. Burke
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““You should not find the defendant guilty unless the facts and circumstances proved are consistent with each other and with the hypothesis that the defendant is guilty, and inconsistent with any theory of his innocence and with every reasonable hypothesis except his guilt.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lenza
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.