Fortson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. United States · State v. Barnes · 204 Ill. 2d 400 - People v. Greco · United States v. Lefkowitz · State v. Anonymous (83-FG)
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rather, such possession is to be considered along with the other evidence in a case, such as how recent or distant in time was the possession from the moment the item was stolen, and what are the circumstances of the possession (say, possessing right next door as opposed to many miles away). In essence, the fact of possession and all the surrounding evidence about the possession must be assessed to determine whether any rational juror could find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Unless the statute defining the offense provides otherwise, if a kind of culpability is required for commission of an offense, it is required with respect to every material element of the prohibited conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. SG v. State“A person who knowingly or intentionally receives, retains, or disposes of the property of another person that has been the subject of theft commits receiving stolen property, a Class D felony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. SG v. State
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.