James E. Pearson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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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. “'examine and accept as true the evidence of the prosecution together with all logical and reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom.' " Kite v. State , 2018 WY 94 , ¶ 35, 424 P.3d 255 , 265 (Wyo. 2018) (quoting Pearson v. State , 2017 WY 19 , ¶ 10, 389 P.3d 794 , 796 (Wyo. 2017) ). "We disregard any evidence that conflicts with the State's evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harnetty v. State · Kite v. State

2. “[A]lthough the law presumes an individual to generally intend the natural consequences of his actions, it will not presume that he specifically intended any particular consequence. That is, a mere showing that certain conduct occurred which produced a particular result is legally sufficient to establish the actor's general intent. ... [T]he bare fact of assaultive behavior will not give rise to a presumption that an assailant had the specific intent to cause any particular harm. ... [S]pecific intent may be properly proved by reasonable inferences from the character of such acts and their surrounding circumstances. In particular, the specifics of a defendant's conduct and other circumstantial evidence may permit the jury to infer that he acted with the specific intent to cause bodily injury.”

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

3. “is discovered during the trial and defense counsel has the opportunity to use it in cross-examination, closing argument, or other parts of the defense case, courts generally do not find a due process violation.”

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