State v. Klaudt’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal presents a question of law, and thus our review is de novo. We must decide anew whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction. In measuring evidentiary sufficiency, we ask “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.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomason · State v. PODZIMEK

2. “[a]n accused must be afforded a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense. When a defendant’s theory is supported by law and ... has some foundation in the evidence, however tenuous[,] the defendant has a right to present it. Nonetheless, Q]ury instructions are to be considered as a whole, and if the instructions when so read correctly state the law and inform the jury, they are sufficient. This is a question of law reviewed de novo.”

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

3. “to amplify instructions which substantially cover the principle embodied in the requested instruction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tammen v. K&K Mgmt. Servs., Inc.