Martin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[I]t is the province of the jury to judge the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given their testimony and it may resolve or reconcile conflicts in the testimony, accepting or rejecting such portions thereof as it sees fit ... In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, we must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict. In doing so, the verdict will be sustained if there is any evidence which, if believed, shows the guilt of the accused.””

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

2. “on examination of the constitutional and statutory provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the Court of Criminal Appeals”

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

3. “a fact or pass upon the great weight and preponderance of the evidence was based”

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