State v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

93 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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “New Mexico appellate courts will not invade the jury’s province as fact-fínder by second-guess[ing] the jury’s decision concerning the credibility of witnesses, reweigh[ing] the evidence, or substitut[ing] its judgment for that of the jury. So long as a rational jury could have found beyond a reasonable doubt the essential facts required for a conviction, we will not upset a jury’s conclusions.”

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

2. “will not invade the jury's province as fact-finder by second-guessing the jury's decision concerning the credibility of witnesses, reweighing the evidence, or substituting its judgment for that of the jury.”

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

3. “The decision to grant a severance motion lies within the trial judge's discretion and will not be overturned on appeal unless the joinder of offenses results in actual prejudice against the moving party.”

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