State v. Robertson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We will reverse the jury's verdict only when the evidence, so viewed, is sufficiently inconclusive or inherently improbable that reasonable minds must have entertained a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed the crime of which he or she was convicted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 139 - State v. Salgado · 2018 UT App 208 - State v. Bilek

2. “When a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is raised for the first time on appeal, there is no lower court ruling to review and we must decide whether the defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel as a matter of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Karren · 2019 UT App 21 - State v. Bruhn

3. “In evaluating sufficiency of the evidence claims, we review the evidence and all inferences which may reasonably be drawn from it in the light most favorable to the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 139 - State v. Salgado · 2018 UT App 208 - State v. Bilek