State v. Dowty’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our task is to determine 'whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction.' " Id. (quoting State v. Dowty , 2013 S.D. 72 , ¶ 15, 838 N.W.2d 820 , 825 ). In doing this, we assess "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. Quist · State v. Hauge

2. “[t]wo or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment or information in separate counts for each offense, if the offenses charged, whether felonies or misdemeanors or both, are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Goodshot · State v. Solis

3. “Our task is to determine 'whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Quist · State v. Hauge