Turner v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 2010
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Davis v. Alaska · United States v. Boylan · Commonwealth v. Benham · Mills v. Commonwealth
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On motion for directed verdict, the trial court must draw all fair and reasonable inferences from the evidence in favor of the Commonwealth. If the evidence is sufficient to induce a reasonable juror to believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty, a directed verdict should not be given.... On appellate review, the test of a directed verdict is, if under the evidence as a whole it would be clearly unreasonable for a jury to find guilt, only then the defendant is entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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