163 Ind. App. 17 - Berry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An allegation of insufficient evidence does not present an appealable issue. Instead, a negative judgment may be attacked only as being contrary to law. Link v. Sun Oil Co. (1974), [160], Ind. App. [310], 312 N.E.2d 126 ; Engelbrecht v. Property Developers, Inc. (1973), [156] Ind. App. [354], 296 N.E.2d 798 . “When a judgment is attacked as being contrary to law the reviewing court may consider only that evidence which is most favorable to the judgment of the trial court, together with all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. Heminger v. Police Com’n of City of Fort Wayne (1974), [161] Ind. App. [72], 314 N.E.2d 827 ; Link v. Sun Oil Co., supra."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Ind. App. 601 - Ray v. State

2. ““The mere fact that another attorney might have acted differently is not sufficient. Isolated poor strategy, bad tactics, mistake, carelessness or inexperience does not make trial counsel incompetent. Instead, it must be shown that counsel’s actions have made a mockery of justice and shocked the conscience of the court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 165 Ind. App. 601 - Ray v. State