State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, the appellate court must review under the standard of La.C.Cr.P. art. 821 regardless of whether the question is raised as a motion for a post verdict judgment of acquittal or as an assignment of error from a holding of the trier of fact. La.C.Cr.P. art. 821; State v. Korman, 439 So.2d 1099 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983); Joseph, Developments in the Law, 1982-1983: Post Conviction Procedure, 44 LLR 480 (1983). The standard established by La.C.Cr.P. art. 821 is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. La.C.Cr.P. art. 821; Korman, 439 So.2d at 1100 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 461 So. 2d 1246 - State v. Cross