State v. Frazier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining the sufficiency of the evidence on review, the question presented is whether there is evidence in the record which, if believed by the fact finder, is sufficient to sustain a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In this review, we must accept that evidence, and the most favorable inferences to be fairly drawn therefrom, which will support the verdict. In determining the sufficiency of the evidence, this Court will not resolve conflicts in the evidence, pass on the credibility of witnesses, or weigh the evidence. No guilty verdict will be set aside if the evidence, including circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom, sustains a reasonable theory of guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Moran

2. “Any person who shall seize, confine, inveigle, decoy, abduct[,] or carry away any person and hold or detain such person ... [t]o inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another ... is guilty of kidnapping.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wright

3. “Courts have generally upheld the constitutionality of felony murder statutes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Bear Cloud v. State