State v. Summers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Court: The only question that the Court had in that regard was Dr. Khaw’s testimony. But in review of her testimony, giving full weight and effect to her testimony, the Court placed some emphasis on her testimony to the effect that she believed that it was very, very hard for the defendant to control his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law. She used phrases such as “very, very hard.” “I think he can.” “Difficult.” And, when the Court weighs that testimony along with the testimony of Dr. Newton and the other doctors who have testified, the Court has reached the conclusion that necessarily a judgment of acquittal is required in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Rodrigues

2. ““upon a motion for judgment of acquittal is whether, upon the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution and in full recognition of the province of the trier of fact, a reasonable mind might fairly conclude guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Pudiquet

3. “[i]t matters not if a conviction under the evidence as so considered might be deemed to be against the weight of the evidence so long as there is substantial evidence tending to support the requisite findings for conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Calventas