State v. Viglielmo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “evidence adduced in the trial court must be considered in the strongest light for the prosecution when the appellate court passes on the legal sufficiency of such evidence to support a conviction; the same standard applies whether the case was before a judge or a jury. The test on appeal is not whether guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether there was substantial evidence to support the conclusion of the trier of fact.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kekuewa · State v. Hicks

2. “Whether speech is protected by the first amendment [to the United States Constitution], as applied to the states through the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment, is a question of law which is freely reviewable on appeal. Correlatively, [o]ur customary deference to the trial court upon essentially a factual question is qualified by our duty to review the evidence ourselves in cases involving a possible infringement upon the constitutional right of free expression.”

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

3. “The more an owner, for [her] advantage, opens [her] property for use by the public in general, the more do [her] rights become circumscribed by the statutory and constitutional rights of those who use it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast