Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only review the case under the standard espoused in Jackson v. Virginia [ 443 U. S. 307 , 319 (III) (B), 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 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. Ayers-Jones v. State · 348 Ga. App. 563 - CROMARTIE v. the STATE.

2. “[WJhether an appellant is asking [an appellate] court to review a trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial on the general grounds 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, 319 ( 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.”

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