Sloan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““As we have explained countless times, when we review a question of sufficiency, we will look only to the evidence which supports the jury’s verdict, and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom. E.g., Goodpaster v. State, (1980) Ind., 402 N.E.2d 1239, 1242 ; Stanley v. State, (1980) Ind., 401 N.E.2d 689, 693 ; Ruetz v. State, (1978) 268 Ind. 42 , 373 N.E.2d 152, 156 . The purpose of this examination is to determine if there is substantial evidence of probative value from which the jury could have found Sloan guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Id. Further, it is the jury’s function to judge the credibility of witnesses, e.g., Love v. State, (1979) Ind., 393 N.E.2d 178, 180 ; Taggart v. State, (1979) Ind., 390 N.E.2d 657, 659 , and the jury may believe whomever it wishes, e.g., Riggenbach v. State, (1979) Ind., 397 N.E.2d 953, 956 ; Sypniewski v. State, (1977) 267 Ind. 224 , 368 N.E.2d 1359 .””

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