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Wingo v. Blackburn’s Empirical Analysis

786 F.2d 654 · 1986

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited

12 federal appellate · 3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Enmund v. Florida · Cabana v. Bullock · 457 So. 2d 1159 - State v. Wingo · Wingo v. Blackburn

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[t]here was ... ample evidence from which a rational juror could have concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that [Sawyer] was engaged in the perpetration of aggravated arson;”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[t]hat court's determination is entitled to great weight in our review,”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.