Mangum v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
68
cited by 68 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
67 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State · McFee v. State · 681 So. 2d 521 - Hoops v. State · Heidel v. State · 557 So. 2d 542 - Griffin 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the facts and inferences so considered point in favor of the accused with sufficient force that reasonable men could not have found beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty, reversal and discharge are required.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. State · Turner v. State“[o]nly where the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of evidence that to allow it to stand would be to sanction an unconscionable injustice....”
9 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. State · Turner v. State“may give consideration to all inferences flowing from the testimony.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McCoy v. State · Brooks 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.