Matthew v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is well-established that this court, in determining the sufficiency of evidence, does not judge the credibility of witnesses nor weigh evidence. We look at only the evidence most favorable to the State and the reasonable inferences to be drawn from that evidence. A verdict will not be disturbed if there is substantial evidence of probative value from which the trier of fact could reasonably infer that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Young v. State, (1975) [264] Ind. [14], 332 N.E.2d 103 ; Blackburn v. State, (1973) 260 Ind. 5 , 291 N.E.2d 686 ; Jackson v. State, (1971) 257 Ind. 477 , 275 N.E. 2d 538 .” Matthew v. State, (1975) 263 Ind. 672 , 337 N.E.2d 821 at 822 .”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stinson v. State · Pulliam v. State