Williamson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 1980
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 48 Ala. App. 726 - Eady v. State · 30 Ala. App. 18 - Sowell v. State · 31 Ala. App. 423 - Shikles v. State · Ragland v. State · 51 Ala. App. 164 - Pugh 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No rule can here be laid down. The circumstances of each case will show whether the requisite consciousness existed; and it is poor policy to disturb the ruling of the trial judge upon the meaning of these circumstances.”
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.