MITCHELL v. STATE’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the law makes no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence and either, or any combination of the two, may be sufficient to support a conviction.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. MASON v. STATE · 2023 OK CR 22 - WASHINGTON v. STATE

2. “[a] conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. FUSTON v. STATE

3. “second-guess the fact-finding decisions of the jury; we accept all reasonable inferences and credibility choices that tend to support the jury's verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MASON v. STATE