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← 786 SO2D 805 - State v. Williams

State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
May 2014
most recently cited

15 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Simmons v. United States · Manson v. Brathwaite · State v. Oliveaux · 603 So. 2d 739 - State v. Lobato

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

  1. “[t]he credibility of a witness, including the victim, is within the discretion of the trier of fact, who may accept or reject, in whole or in part, the testimony of any witness.”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “A. Forcible rape is rape committed when the anal, oral, or vaginal sexual intercourse is deemed to be without the lawful consent of the victim because it is committed under any one or more of the following circumstances: (1) When the victim is prevented from resisting the act by force or threats of physical violence under circumstances where the victim reasonably believes that such resistance would not prevent the rape.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.