Hye v. State’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. “[e]ven where there are two statutes covering the same crime, and there is a difference in the penalty between the two statutes, the [S]tate is under no obligation to prosecute under the statute with the lesser penalty. It may choose to prosecute under either, and so long as the choice is clear and unequivocal the defendant has no right to complain.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 252 So. 3d 40 - Willie Carl Pickett v. State of Mississippi

2. “[i]n reviewing the denial of a motion for JNOV, the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Sammie Henry Pettis v. State of Mississippi

3. “that prior applicable precedent usually must be followed even though the case, if considered anew, might be decided differently by the current court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Terry Pitchford v. State of Mississippi