Commonwealth v. Perkins (ORDER)’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Rather, the relevant question is, upon review of the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Commonwealth

2. “When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, '[t]he judgment of the trial court is presumed correct and will not be disturbed unless it is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Commonwealth

3. “[i]t is permissible for the fact finder to infer that every person intends the natural, probable consequences of his or her actions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Secret v. Commonwealth