Swearingen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 111 state decisions

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

1. “proof of guilt is so obviously weak as to undermine confidence in the [fact-finder's] determination, or the proof of guilt, although adequate if taken alone, is greatly outweighed by the contrary proof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Wheaton v. State

2. “[W]hen the trial court's charge authorizes the jury to convict on several different theories ... the verdict of guilty will be upheld if the evidence is sufficient on any one of the theories.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. State

3. “must give due deference to the fact finder's determinations concerning the weight and credibility of the evidence....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Iag