People v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences arising therefrom may constitute proof of the elements of the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 323 Mich. App. 526 - People of Michigan v. Christopher Duran Head

2. “the presentation of sufficient evidence to convict at trial renders any erroneous bindover decision harmless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 322 Mich. App. 22 - People of Michigan v. Gary Patrick Lewis