State v. Craig’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “becoming the dominant mode of communicating directly with others, exceeding e-mail usage in 2009.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Buhl · State v. Heffron

2. “To prevail upon a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, the defendant must demonstrate that no rational trier of fact, viewing all of the evidence and all reasonable inferences from it in the light most favorable to the State, could have found guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jeremy M. Fiske

3. “Further, the trier of fact may draw reasonable inferences from facts proved and also inferences from facts found as a result of other inferences, provided they can be reasonably drawn therefrom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jeremy M. Fiske