State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Proof of the crime itself is clear and unmistakable. The circumstantial evidence in the record, seen in its full perspective, forms a reliable basis upon which the fact finder did properly conclude that Defendant-Appellant acted in concert with the actual perpetrator, “The inference most logically drawn from [the defendant’s] actions, before, during and after the burglarious act is that drawn by the trier of the facts— that this Defendant was acting as a ‘lookout’ and available to permit a ready departure.” (Emphasis added).”

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