State v. Logsdon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]fter reviewing all the evidence in a light most favorable to the prosecution, the appellate court must be convinced a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Appellate courts do not reweigh evidence, resolve evidentiary conflicts, or make witness credibility determinations.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 579 - State v. Harris · State v. Mora

2. “Circumstantial evidence, in order to be sufficient, 'need not rise to that degree of certainty which will exclude any and every other reasonable conclusion.' Instead, circumstantial evidence 'affords a basis for a reasonable inference by the jury' regarding a fact at issue. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Colson

3. “beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of will not or did not affect the outcome of the trial in light of the entire record, i.e. , proves there is no reasonable possibility that the error affected the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 225 - Fischer v. Kansas Dept. of Revenue