Stringer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... has [not] waived his right to challenge the weight or sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the judgment against him.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 729 So. 2d 1255 - Bailey v. State · 730 So. 2d 561 - Naylor v. State

2. “[O]nce the jury has returned a verdict of guilty in a criminal case, we are not at liberty to direct that the defendant be discharged short of a conclusion on our part that given the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, no reasonable, hypothetical juror could find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 749 So. 2d 1054 - Robinson v. State

3. “the inferences flowing from the possession of the articles mentioned could just as well infer possession for personal use as intent to deliver the contraband to another person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 580 So. 2d 1217 - Jackson v. State