Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently September 2009 · most notably Leppek v. State (1981), Moreau v. State (1978)
2 federal appellate · 26 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 Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Romano v. United States · Time, Inc. v. Bon Air Hotel, Inc. · Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . Identification of an accused, therefore, need not be positive in order to obtain a conviction. The witness need only testify that it is his belief, opinion or judgment that the accused committed the crime. . . . "”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Campbell v. State · Tucker v. State““ * * * must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution and determine questions of law as to whether there is substantial evidence, direct or circumstantial, or both, which, with the reasonable inferences that must be drawn therefrom, will sustain the verdict.” See also Cullin v. State, 565 P.2d 445, 448 (Wyo.1977).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cloman v. State · Jones v. State““ * * * [a] fabric of known facts, which may be inconsequential alone, but become important when they are tied to other facts which lead to inevitable conclusions as to facts in issue. * * * ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cloman v. State · Murray 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.