State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

68 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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Appellate courts do not reweigh evidence, resolve evidentiary conflicts, or make witness credibility determinations.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gonzalez · State v. Roberts

2. “'looking at all the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution and determining whether a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gonzalez · State v. Parker

3. “[p]rejudicial conduct, in or outside the courtroom, [made] it impossible to proceed with the trial without injustice to either the defendant or the prosecution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Petition for Habeas Corpus by Bowman · State v. Kirkendoll