State v. Wilcox’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1981
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Mower · State v. Gagne · State v. Bazinet · State v. Gagne · State v. Blier
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In deciding whether a judgment of acquittal should be entered on a defendant’s motion pursuant to Rule 29(a), M.R. Cr.P., the trial justice must approach the evidence from a standpoint most favorable to the State, assume the truth of the evidence offered by the prosecution and .determine from his review of the evidence in its totality whether there was relevant evidence from which the jury could have properly concluded that the accused was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. O'BRIEN
How this case has been treated — in progress
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