State v. Sampia’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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

1. “When a case involves circumstantial evidence and the trier of fact reasonably rejects the hypothesis of innocence presented by the defendant's own testimony, that hypothesis falls, and the defendant is guilty unless there is another hypothesis which raises a reasonable doubt. State v. Morrison, 582 So.2d 295, 303 (La.App. 1st Cir.1991). In this case, however, even viewing all the evidence in the light most favorable to the state, the trial court's rejection of the hypothesis of innocence contained in defendant's testimony was not reasonable. The state's evidence clearly was insufficient to exclude this hypothesis of innocence and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant operated a vehicle while intoxicated. See State v. Kent, 610 So.2d 265, 267-68 (La.App. 5th Cir. 1992); City of Alexandria v. Webster, 490 So.2d 747, 749 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1986). At best, the state's evidence is inconclusive on the issue of intoxication.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 784 So. 2d 666 - State v. Anderson