Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

753 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 754 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The complete and correct standard a reviewing court must follow to conduct a Clewis 1 factual sufficiency review of the elements of a criminal offense asks whether a neutral review of all the evidence, both for and against the finding, demonstrates that the proof of guilt is so obviously weak as to undermine confidence in the jury’s determination, or the proof of guilt, although adequate if taken alone, is greatly outweighed by contrary proof....”

   21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brown v. State · Perkins v. State

2. “particularly those determinations concerning the weight and credibility of the evidence.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hoitt v. State · Goodman v. State

3. “in the light most favorable to the prosecution”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hyett v. State · Moore v. State