State v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
April 1988
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Chase · State v. Allen · Bopp v. Spainhower · State v. Schleicher · State v. Nueslein
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the State's evidence is circumstantial `all of the circumstances not only must concur to indicate a defendant's guilt but they must also be inconsistent with any other rational conclusion.'”
1 later decision 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.