Thornton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]his tacit understanding may be proved by circumstantial evidence, inferred from the nature of the acts done, the relation of the parties, the interest of the alleged conspirators, and other circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. TAYLOR v. the STATE. · 349 Ga. App. 507 - FRAZIER v. the STATE.

2. “we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. The accused is no longer entitled to a presumption of innocence, and we do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “[Wjhere truly inconsistent verdicts have been reached, the most that can be said... is that the verdict shows that either in the acquittal or the conviction the jury did not speak their real conclusions, but that does not show that they were not convinced of the defendant’s guilt.”

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