Sisson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Timberlake v. State · Davenport v. State · Webster v. State · Lott v. State · Fuller 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inherently contradictory testimony which is equivocal or the result of coercion and there is a complete lack of circumstantial evidence....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Q: Did [Sisson] enter the [Marcellino] residence with you? A: ... I was sure he was in there, but I can't be sure ... I don't know ... but I don't know-I was sure it was him, but.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Edwards v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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