State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to sustaining the verdict. Second, we determine whether upon the facts so construed and the inferences reasonably drawn therefrom the jury reasonably could have concluded that the cumulative force of the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction · 168 Conn. App. 505 - State v. Blaine

2. “[I]n viewing evidence which could yield contrary inferences, the jury is not barred from drawing those inferences consistent with guilt and is not required to draw only those inferences consistent with innocence. The rule is that the jury's function is to draw whatever inferences from the evidence or facts established by the evidence it deems to be reasonable and logical.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction · 178 Conn. App. 400 - State v. Ramos

3. “In evaluating evidence, the trier of fact is not required to accept as dispositive those inferences that are consistent with the [petitioner's] innocence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 167 - Cator v. Commissioner of Correction · 178 Conn. App. 400 - State v. Ramos