James v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
May 2000
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Zant v. Stephens · Godfrey v. Georgia · Maynard v. Cartwright · Satterwhite v. Texas
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“our appellate review, including a reweighing of the remaining valid aggravating circumstances and the mitigating evidence, reveals that sufficient evidence existed to support the remaining aggravating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. James v. Gibson
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.