State v. Richburg’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant contends ... that the [circuit court] should have directed a verdict, as a matter of law, of not guilty in favor of the defendant on the plea of self-defense. When the evidence is susceptible of more than one reasonable inference, questions of fact must be submitted to the jury. We think jury issues were made by the whole of the evidence. Among other considerations is the credibility of the witnesses, including that of the appellant himself. When there is reason to discredit a witness because of interest or otherwise [,] the [circuit court] is not required to take the case from the jury as a matter of law but may and should * submit the issues, including credibility of the witnesses, to the jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Andrews · State v. Oates

2. “We do not think the [circuit court] would have been justified in telling the jury that reasonable men could not disagree as to the truthfulness of appellant's version of the killing.”

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