Ken v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[We examine and accept as true the State's evidence and all reasonable inferences which can be drawn from it. We do not consider conflicting evidence presented by the defendant. We do not substitute our judgment for that of the jury; rather, we determine whether a jury could have reasonably concluded each of the elements of the crime was proven beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fennell v. State · Michael Lee Cooper v. The State of Wyoming

2. “The Double Jeopardy Clause precludes a second trial once a reviewing court has found the evidence presented in the first trial legally insufficient to support the conviction. Tanner v. State, 2002 WY 170 , 4 17, 57 P.3d 1242, 1247 (Wyo.2002); Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 18 , 98 S.Ct. 2141, 2150 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1 (1978). The only "just" remedy available upon such a finding is an order directing entry of a judgment of acquittal. Id. Thus, a finding that the State presented insufficient evidence to support the jury's guilty verdiet ... would fully resolve this case and we begin by considering that issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fennell v. State · Haskell v. State

3. “a reasonable probability exists that, but for counsel's deficient performance, the outcome would have been different.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fennell v. State · Michael Lee Cooper v. The State of Wyoming