Batten v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is no longer presumed innocent and all of the evidence is to be viewed in the light most favorable to the jury verdict.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. LEGREE v. the STATE. · Christian Hughes v. State

2. “[t]he decision to grant a new trial on the grounds that the verdict is strongly against the evidence is one that is solely in the discretion of the trial court.... Whether an appellant is asking this court to review a [trial] court’s refusal to grant a new trial or its refusal to grant a motion for directed verdict, this court can only review the case under the standard espoused in Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 ( 99 SCt 2781 , 61 LE2d 560) (1979) to determine if the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, supports the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Graham v. State · Walker v. State

3. “must show both that his counsel's performance was deficient and that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, there is a reasonable probability the outcome of the trial would have been different.”

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