State v. Cobb’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In examining this contention, we will view the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. We will uphold the jury’s verdict unless ‘no rational trier of fact could have found proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.’ Furthermore, circumstantial evidence may be deemed sufficient to support a conviction if it excludes all other rational conclusions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Baillargeon