State v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the state, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 55 - State v. McNair · 290 Or. App. 669 - State v. Stavenjord

2. “typically connote an intent to facilitate an outcome. If one were to describe a person as 'assisting' another, the listener would immediately wonder what outcome the individual was trying to achieve. * * * To connote assistance without the intent to facilitate the outcome, one generally would use an additional modifying adverb, such as 'unintentionally' or 'unwittingly.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Or. App. 580 - Mason v. BCK Corp.

3. “[W]ith the intent to promote or facilitate the commission of the crime”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 292 Or. App. 580 - Mason v. BCK Corp.