Stringer 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. “Our concern here is whether the evidence in the record is sufficient to sustain a finding adverse to... [Mitchell] on each element of the offense of [conspiracy to commit] murder. [Citation omitted] In the present context we must, with respect to each element of the offense, consider all of the evidence — not just the evidence which supports the case for the prosecution — in the light most favorable to the verdict. [Citations omitted] The credible evidence which is consistent with guilt must be accepted as true. [Citation omitted] The prosecution must be given the benefit of all favorable inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence. [Citations omitted] Matters regarding the weight and credibility to be accorded the evidence are to be resolved by the jury. [Citations omitted] We may reverse only where, with respect to one or more of the elements of the offense charged, the evidence so considered is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could only find the accused not guilty. [Citations omitted]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 572 So. 2d 865 - Mitchell v. State

2. “To sustain the privilege ... in the setting in which it is asked, that a responsive answer to the question or an explanation of why it cannot be answered might be dangerous because injurious disclosure could result. The trial judge in appraising the claim “must be governed as much by his personal perception of the peculiarities of the case as by the facts actually in evidence.” (citation omitted).”

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

3. “Under § 13-1-11 Miss.Code Ann. (1972) and Rule 601 M.R.E., [the witness] was incompetent to testify at Stringer's retrial due to his prior perjury conviction. Additionally, under the Fifth Amendment challenge presented by Stringer, [the witness] was properly allowed to invoke his Fifth Amendment rights by the trial court, and therefore, no error was committed.”

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