Jackson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““From the foregoing resume of the evidence, it will be seen that appellant’s contention that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict is wholly without merit. There was ample evidence from which the jury might reasonably infer that a •conspiracy to commit the robbery existed, and that appellant aided and assisted Ping in its commission. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitis v. Commonwealth

2. ““ ‘That any person or persons aiding or giving protection or comfort, knowingly to any person or persons who has committed acts of robbery or burglary, robbery of bank or safe, shall be confined in the State Penitentiary not less than two nor more than ten years’ ”,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Watts v. Commonwealth