State v. Lowery’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'reweigh evidence, resolve conflicts in the evidence, or pass on the credibility of witnesses. . . . [T]here is no distinction between direct and circumstantial evidence in terms of probative value.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rucker · In re Petition for Habeas Corpus by Bowman

2. “[a] person is criminally responsible for a crime if the person, either before or during its commission, and with the mental culpability required to commit the crime intentionally aids another to commit the crime.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Blevins · State v. Meggerson

3. “review[ ] the evidence in a light most favorable to the State to determine whether a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rucker · State v. Buck-Schrag