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← 815 SE2D 828 - Gadson v. State

Gadson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2018

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · State v. Kelly · Dixon v. State · Woodard v. State · Durham 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “To warrant a conviction on circumstantial evidence, the proved facts shall not only be consistent with the hypothesis of guilt, but shall exclude every other reasonable hypothesis save that of the guilt of the accused.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[f]acts and circumstances that merely place upon [Weaver] a grave suspicion of the crime charged, or that merely raise a speculation or conjecture of [Weaver's] guilt are not sufficient to authorize a conviction. ...”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “every material allegation of the indictment and every essential element of the crimes charged.”
    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.