State v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless he is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense, or the circumstances thereof.”

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

2. “We will not reverse a criminal conviction unless, after viewing all reasonable inferences favorable to the prosecution, no rational fact finder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “when viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, reveals no reasonable inference of guilt.”

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