Dorsey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The standard for reviewing a denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same test to be used when the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged, i.e., under the rule of Jackson v. Virginia, [ 2 ] whether the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty of the charged offense. 3”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Palencia-Barron v. State · Ogletree v. State

2. “Evidence of two predicate acts will sustain the RICO conviction[;] where the evidence authorized the jury to find that defendant committed at least two predicate acts, we need not consider the remaining predicate acts charged. This is true even where certain predicate offenses were improperly charged in the indictment; if two remaining predicate offenses were proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the proof was sufficient to support a RICO conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CARR v. the STATE.

3. “RICO conviction requires proof that a defendant has committed two or more offenses of the kind included in the RICO statute; it does not require the State to prove all of the alleged predicate offenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CARR v. the STATE.