Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 district · 64 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen the defendant is plainly guilty of some offense, and the evidence is legally sufficient for the trier of fact to convict him of either the greater offense or a lesser included offense____”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burrell v. State · 223 Md. App. 16 - State v. Smith

2. “[e]ven when there is evidence that would support a finding of guilt of the lesser included offense, the State is not precluded from entering a nolle prosequi of that offense if, under the particular facts of the case, there exists no rational basis by which the jury could conclude that the defendant is guilty of the lesser included offense but not guilty of the greater offense. Under the facts of this case, there simply was no rational basis upon which the jury could have concluded that Jackson was guilty of possession [the lesser included] but not guilty of possession with intent to distribute [the greater].”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burch v. State · Burrell v. State

3. ““(a) Disposition by Nolle Prosequi.—The State’s Attorney may terminate a prosecution on a charge and dismiss the charge by entering a nolle prosequi on the record in open court.””

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