Lincoln v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Circumstantial evidence, by its very nature, is not free from alternate interpretations. The state is not obligated to rebut conclusively every possible variation, however, or to explain every possible construction in a way which is consistent only with the allegations against the defendant. Were those requirements placed on the state for these purposes, circumstantial evidence would always be inadequate to establish a preliminary showing of the necessary elements of a crime.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 472 So. 2d 1174 - Toole v. State · 526 So. 2d 948 - Benson v. State

2. “inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 472 So. 2d 1174 - Toole v. State · 528 So. 2d 1262 - Rubiano v. State

3. “The question of whether the evidence fails to exclude all reasonable hypothesis of innocence is for the jury to determine, and where there is substantial, competent evidence to support the jury verdict, we will not reverse a judgment based upon a verdict returned by the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 488 So. 2d 595 - Scobee v. State