Earvin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently January 2017
22 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 204th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Griffin v. State · Flores v. State · Hernandez v. State · Esquivel 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) That the contraband was in plain view of the accused; (2) That, the contraband was in close proximity to the accused and readily accessible to him. (3) That the amount of contraband found is large enough to indicate that the accused knew of its presence. (4) That the accused was closely related to other persons in joint possession of the contraband or who owned the premises or vehicle in which the contraband was found. (5) That the conduct of the accused with respect to the contraband was such as to indicate his knowledge and control.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Guilder v. State · Brunson v. State“In determining the relevant circumstances the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the State, but the evidence, when so viewed, must establish more than a suspicion of guilt. It must be such as to permit the trier of fact to draw a rational conclusion that all reasonable hypotheses other than guilt have been excluded. Whether an alternative hypothesis is reasonable under the circumstances is initially a question for the trial court or jury, but the fact-reviewing function of the appellate court must include an examination of the record for the purpose of determining whether there is a reasonable alternative explanation of the circumstances which a rational trier of fact would have to accept as raising a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Templin v. State“It is well established that a conviction on circumstantial evidence cannot be sustained if the circumstances do not exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except that of the guilt and proof amounting only to a strong suspicion is insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Templin 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.