State v. Webber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““One of the fundamental rules in the trial of criminal cases is that while circumstances may constitute evidence of guilt they must have some logical relevancy and probative force as to the facts sought to be proved thereby. Where such evidence merely raises suspicion, or gives room for conjecture, it is not sufficient to sustain a conviction.””

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