State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is well settled that this court, in considering the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction, will view all the evidence, direct and circumstantial, in the light most favorable to the state, consider said evidence as true, together with all reasonable inferences which may be drawn therefrom, and will disregard all contrary evidence and inferences. State v. Summers, 506 S.W.2d 67 , 69[1] (Mo.App.1974); State v. Garrett, 494 S.W.2d 336, 337 [1] (Mo.1973); State v. Harris, 485 S.W.2d 612, 613 [2] (Mo.1972); State v. Cobb, 444 S.W.2d 408, 412 [3] (Mo. banc 1969). Thus, review is limited to a determination of whether substantial evidence supports the verdict. State v. Simpson, 502 S.W.2d 451, 451 [1] (Mo.App.1973). ...””

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