Cain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
September 2005
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 226th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Faretta v. California · Tibbs v. Florida · Clewis 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It was for the jury, as trier of fact, to determine the proper inferences to draw from the evidence. If the circumstantial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, supports a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, the evidence is legally sufficient, and it is irrelevant that the jury could have viewed the evidence more favorably to the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Roberson 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.