47 So. 3d 658 - King v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “On review, this Court will disturb a verdict only when it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice. Unlike a reversal based on the sufficiency of the evidence, a reversal based on the weight of the evidence does not indicate that acquittal was the only proper verdict. “Rather, as the ‘thirteenth juror,’ the court simply disagrees with the jury’s resolution of the conflicting testimony.” Nonetheless, the power to grant a new trial should be exercised only where the evidence preponderates heavily against the verdict.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Laterrence Lenoir v. State of Mississippi

2. ““[W]hen a conviction rests upon accomplice testimony, the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice may be sufficient to convict the accused.” (citation omitted). “But if the accomplice testimony is uncorroborated and is unreasonable, self-contradictory, or substantially impeached, then accomplice testimony is insufficient, and the trial court must direct a verdict of not guilty.” (citation omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Laterrence Lenoir v. State of Mississippi