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← 720 N.W.2d 547 - State v. Nitcher

State v. Nitcher’s Empirical Analysis

2006

Citation profile

32
cited by 32 later decisions
2
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 31 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Shanahan · State v. Breuer · State v. Liddell · State v. Webb · State v. Dickerson

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

  1. “Inherent in our standard of review of jury verdicts in criminal cases is the recognition that the jury [is] free to reject certain evidence, and credit other evidence.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “The weight-of-the-evidence analysis is broader than the sufficiency-of-the-evidence analysis in that 'it involves questions of credibility and refers to a determination that more credible evidence supports one side than the other.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “Evidence is considered substantial if, when viewed in the light most favorable to the State, it can convince a rational jury that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage

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.