Music v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where there is competent evidence in the record from which the jury could reasonably conclude that defendant was guilty as charged, Court of Criminal Appeals will not interfere with the verdict even though there is a sharp conflict in the evidence and different inferences may be drawn therefrom, since it is the exclusive province of the jury to weigh the evidence and determine the facts.””

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. State · Davidson v. State

2. ““It is the duty of counsel to raise, at the proper time, and in the proper manner, all objections to the proceedings and save proper exceptions. When this is not done, they are treated as waived, and there are few exceptions to this rule.””

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

3. ““The prosecuting attorney should not express his private opinion as to defendant’s guilt * * * but * * * may state his conclusion based on the evidence.””

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