253 So. 2d 806 - Barrett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Court instructs the jury for the State that if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Paul Sisk, while a duly elected and acting member of the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County, Mississippi, did cause to be approved and paid by Monroe County, Mississippi $2,714.67 or any sum exceeding $100.00 involving parts agreed upon by the jury, said parts being to a 112 Caterpillar Motorgrader, serial number 2M-148, the personal property of the defendant, said parts being converted to his personal use, thereby wilfully defrauding or attempting to defraud Monroe County, then you should find the defendant guilty of embezzlement and the form of your verdict may be: ‘We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as charged.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 260 So. 2d 485 - Sisk v. State

2. “It has always been, is now, and we trust ever shall be, the law in criminal cases that, where there are two reasonable hypotheses arising out of and supported by the evidence, it is the duty of the jury to adopt the hypothesis consistent with innocence, even though the hypothesis of guilt be the more probable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 718 So. 2d 1115 - Terry v. State

3. “It is doubtful that this Court has ever reviewed a criminal case which is based on circumstantial evidence in toto,”

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