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.
“[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“[t]hat court's determination is entitled to great weight in our review,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Byrne v. Butler · Sawyer v. Butler
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.