Bonner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Upon a review for sufficient evidence, this Court will look only to the evidence most favorable to the State and all reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. If the existence of each element of the crime charged may be found therefrom, beyond a reasonable doubt, the verdict will not be disturbed. In such a review, we will not weigh conflicting evidence nor will we judge the credibility of the witnesses.”

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

2. “(1) whether the trial court erred in admitting two photographs of the decedent’s body into evidence; (2) whether the trial court erred in giving the State’s instruction on self-defense; (3) whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdicts; and (4) whether the trial court erred in refusing to sentence the defendant under the new criminal code.”

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

3. “If any serious question of imbalance [between the relevance of the photographs and their tendency to inflame the passions of the jury] existed, it has been lost in the translation. We call counsel's attention to Appellate Rule 7.2(A)(3)(b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sears, Roebuck & Co.(Auto Dept.) v. Roque