State v. Isaacson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “In reviewing a claim of insufficiency of the evidence, this Court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury verdict. “A verdict will be overturned only when the evidence is so lacking and insubstantial that a reasonable person could not have reached that verdict beyond a reasonable doubt.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Archuleta · State v. Ireland

2. “(1) A person is guilty of aggravated burglary if in attempting, committing, or fleeing from a burglary, the actor or another participant in the crime: (a) causes bodily injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; (b) uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous or deadly weapon against any person who is not a participant in the crime; or (c) is armed with a deadly weapon or possesses or attempts to use any explosive or deadly weapon. (2) Aggravated burglary is a first degree felony.”

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

3. “(1) A person is guilty of burglary if he enters or remains unlawfully in a building or any portion of a building with intent to commit a felony or theft or commit an assault on any person. (2) Burglary is a felony of the third degree unless it was committed in a dwelling, in which event it is a felony of the second degree.”

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