Rowe v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““These are primarily legislative considerations, and we are not at liberty to set aside a conviction and sentence because, on the record, they seem severe. Blue v. State (1946), 224 Ind. 394 , 67 N.E.2d 377 ; Mellot v. State (1942), 219 Ind. 646 , 40 N.E.2d 655 . It is only when a criminal penalty is not graduated and proportioned to the nature of an offense, or where it is grossly and unquestionably excessive that this provision of the Constitution is intended to apply. Weems v. United States, 217 U.S. 349 , 30 S.Ct. 544 , 54 L.Ed. 793 .” 259 Ind. at 236 , 286 N.E.2d at 170 .”

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

2. ““. . . it is not our function as an appellate court to weigh the evidence introduced at the trial or to decide questions concerning the credibility of witnesses testifying at the trial. Priola v. State (1973), [260] Ind. [117], 292 N.E.2d 604 . Our proper role is to look to the evidence most supportive of the verdict and determine whether that evidence, along with the reasonable inferences which a trier of fact might draw from it, has established all the necessary elements of the offense charged. . . .” 314 N.E.2d at 747 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 Ind. App. 59 - Nelson v. State