State v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Cherry · State v. Littlejohn · State v. Ballenger · State v. Arnold · State v. Bostick
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Although the jury must consider alternative hypotheses, the court must concern itself solely with the existence or non-existence of evidence from which a jury could reasonably infer guilt. This objective test is founded upon reasonableness. Accordingly, in ruling on a directed verdict motion where the State relies on circumstantial evidence, the court must determine whether the evidence presented is sufficient to allow a reasonable juror to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Greene · State v. Pearson“[T]he lens through which a court considers circumstantial evidence when ruling on a directed verdict motion is distinct from the analysis performed by the jury.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Greene · State v. Mealor“from which his guilt may be fairly and logically deduced.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Greene · State v. Hurell
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.