State v. Long’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It has always been, the rule of appellate review that it is the jury, not the supreme court, which has to draw the inference of guilt from the circumstances. It is the jury which has to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. The industrious student of our reports will find scores of cases, ranging from murder and burglary down to bootlegging, where the evidence to support the verdict of conviction seemed very slim when set down in cold type for this court to read, but in every such instance the jury’s verdict was respected. (Citations).” (p. 48.)”

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

2. ““The court holds that this evidence was quite sufficient to lay the venue in Rice county. (State v. Bell, 121 Kan. 866, 869 , 250 Pac 281 .) Moreover, it does not appear that this question of venue was raised in the trial court. If not, it is not entitled to consideration here. (State v. Shehi, 125 Kan. 110 , 262 Pac. 787 ; State v. Toelkes, 128 Kan. 293 , 278 Pac. 20 .)” (p. 48.)”

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