Murphy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1995
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Renfro v. State · Hunt v. State · Frazier v. State · Johnson v. State · Fain v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen the sufficiency of evidence presented at trial is challenged on appeal ... the test is whether a prima facie case has been established. As long as that test is satisfied, fact questions are for the jury to determine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. James v. State“[T]he proper practice to attack the sufficiency of the evidence is a motion for directed verdict under 22 O.S. 1971 , § 850, and a demurrer to the evidence should be treated as a motion to direct a verdict. .. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Omalza v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.