Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 6 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where a conviction rests upon circumstantial evidence, and circumstances have been proven from which a reasonable and logical inference of guilt clearly arises, and which excludes any reasonable hypotheses, except the guilt of the defendant, the verdict will not be disturbed for insufficiency of evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas v. State · Thomas v. State

2. “"In Oklahoma all persons concerned with the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, are responsible as principals. 21 O.S. 1971 , § 172. 22 O.S. 1971 , § 432. It is, of course, necessary that there be some aiding by acts, words, or gestures, or consenting to the commission of the crime."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parrott v. State