749 So. 2d 983 - Sullivan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once the jury has returned a verdict of guilty in a criminal case, we are not at liberty to direct that the defendant be discharged short of a conclusion on our part that given the evidence, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, no reasonable, hypothetical juror could find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lenoir v. State · Theodore v. State

2. “the existence of any direct evidence eliminates the need for a circumstantial evidence instruction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Arguelles v. State · 798 So. 2d 562 - Starks v. State

3. “It is proper to exclude questions as to matters which were not opened up or brought out on redirect examination, or as to matters already fully covered or discussed at length on cross-examination, where there is not claim of oversight and no reason stated why the matter was not inquired into on the cross-examination proper.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 860 So. 2d 704 - Howell v. State