State v. Ashby’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sullivan v. Louisiana · Duren v. Missouri · State v. Wahlberg · State v. Bias · State v. Salitros
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While a conviction based only on circumstantial evidence warrants stricter scrutiny, such `evidence is entitled to the same weight as any evidence so long as the circumstances proved are consistent with the hypothesis that the accused is guilty and inconsistent with any rational hypothesis except that of guilt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Profit“If the verdict actually rendered was surely unattributable to the error, the error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Buggs“recognize that the jury is in the best position to evaluate the credibility of witnesses”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Profit
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.