Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 92 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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although an appellate court reviewing factual sufficiency has the ability to second-guess the jury to a limited degree, the review should still be deferential, with a high level of skepticism about the jury's verdict required before a reversal can occur.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. State · Saldana v. State

2. “Evidence can be factually insufficient in one of two ways: (1) when the evidence supporting the verdict is so weak that the verdict seems clearly wrong and manifestly unjust, and (2) when the supporting evidence is outweighed by the great weight and preponderance of the contrary evidence so as to render the verdict clearly wrong and manifestly unjust.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Saldana v. State · In Re Iag

3. “evidence of the effect of a different offense on the victim”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mays v. State · Smith v. State