State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] conflict of evidence occurs where there is sufficient evidence presented at trial which, if believed, would sustain a conviction, but this evidence is contested and the district judge, in resolving the conflicting evidence differently from the jury, believes the totality of evidence fails to prove the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

2. “1. The court may grant a new trial to a defendant if required as a matter of law or on the ground of newly discovered evidence. 4. A motion for a new trial based on any other grounds must be made within 7 days after verdict or finding of guilt or within such further time as the court may fix during the 7-day period.”

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

3. “`Insufficiency of the evidence occurs where the prosecution has not produced a minimum threshold of evidence upon which a conviction may be based.'”

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