165 Ohio App. 3d 83 - State v. Simms’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The relevant inquiry is whether, after viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kimbrough, 08ca18 (12-12-2008) · State v. Welch, Wd-07-057 (12-12-2008)

2. “`[w]hen reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a criminal conviction, an appellate court's role is to examine the evidence admitted at trial to determine whether the evidence, if believed, would convince the average mind of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Welch, Wd-07-057 (12-12-2008) · State v. Dyer, 07ca3163 (5-30-2008)

3. “(A) No person, purposely and by force or by unlawful threat of harm to any person or property, shall retaliate against a public servant, a party official, or an attorney or witness who was involved in a civil or criminal action or proceeding because the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness discharged the duties of the public servant, party official, attorney, or witness. * * * (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of retaliation, a felony of the third degree.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Welch, Wd-07-057 (12-12-2008) · State v. Nayar, Unpublished Decision (11-7-2007)