State v. Crow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “will not disturb the verdict if the jury, while acting with due regard for the presumption of innocence and requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, could reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty of the charged offense, given the facts in evidence and the legitimate inferences that could be drawn therefrom.”

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

2. “the punishment for both first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree murder committed during a kidnapping [of which Crow was convicted] is now commensurate and we have already determined that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction for which he was sentenced.”

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

3. “our culture and laws emphatically and well nigh universally reject”

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