State v. Ashcraft’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only when the evidence ... is sufficiently inconclusive or inherently improbable ... that reasonable minds must have entertained a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime for which he or she was convicted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Salt Lake City v. Carrera · 2018 UT App 219 - State v. Marquina

2. “In assessing a claim of insufficiency of the evidence, we review the evidence and all inferences which may reasonably be drawn from it in the light most favorable to the verdict of the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 2019 UT App 65 - State v. Ahmed · 2018 UT App 219 - State v. Marquina

3. “And a jury's inference is reasonable unless it falls to a level of inconsistency or incredibility that no reasonable jury could accept.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Doyle · 2019 UT App 65 - State v. Ahmed