State v. Armstrong’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. “[a] “substantial evidence” inquiry examines the sufficiency of the evidence presented but not its weight. The reviewing court considers all evidence in the light most favorable to the State, and the State receives the benefit of every reasonable inference supported by that evidence. Evidentiary “[c]ontradictions and discrepancies are for the jury to resolve and do not warrant dismissal.””

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

2. “`Substantial evidence is that amount of "relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”

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