Renfro v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1997
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Bruner v. State · Hays v. State · Maghe v. State · Sallee 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.
“(1) If there was a good opportunity for positive identification; (2) if the witness is positive in his identification; (3) if the identification is not weakened by prior failure to identify; and (4) if the witness remains positive as to the identification, even after cross-examination.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Langley v. State · Berry v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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