Dodson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 11 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... it is the exclusive province of the jury to weigh the evidence and determine the facts, and where there is competent evidence from which the jury might reasonably conclude that the defendant is guilty, the decision will not be reversed on appeal on a contention that the evidence is not sufficient.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hope v. State · Carter v. State

2. “were not identical names. This Court held that the missing middle initial does not render the document insufficient as prima facie evidence of identity and that the State had met its burden of proof and the question of identity was properly left to the jury. Surely a name identical in all respects except for the missing”

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

3. “charged in the information, had been previously convicted of a felony. The defense objected claiming that”

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