State v. Moore’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. “the Court accepts as true all of the evidence favorable to the state including all favorable inferences drawn from the evidence and disregards all evidence and inferences to the contrary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Graham · State of Missouri v. Pierre M. Ward

2. “is limited to a determination of whether there is sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror might have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “When interpreting a statute, the primary goal is to give effect to legislative intent as reflected in the plain language of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Mario Richardson, Relator v. The Honorable Brian H. May