Shields v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Lockhart v. Fretwell · Rideout v. United States · Loyd v. State · Case 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An appellate claim of insufficient evidence will prevail if, considering the probative evidence and reasonable inferences that support the judgment, and without reweighing evidence or assessing witness credibility, we conclude that no reasonable trier of fact could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wellman v. State“(iin felony cases, a trial court is not limited to using only the specifically described statutory aggravators in enhancing a sentence. Ind. Code § 35-38-1-7 .1(d) (1998); Johnson v. State, 687 N.E.2d 345, 347 (Ind.1997).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Spiller v. State“[the risk that the defendant will commit another erime is high because the manner of death was particularly brutal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Spiller 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.