Butler v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Q. And did you [Officer Jackson] determine as to what happened there that night? A. Yes, Sir. Mr. Boyte had explained that as he came out to his truck, someone had jumped him, grabbed the money bag, and they got in a tussle. And he went down to the ground, was still hanging on to the money bag. And at some point he was hit. He said he looked around to try to get his head in a different location and he was struck again. At that point he turned the money bag loose and two subjects ran away.”

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

2. “To determine whether a jury verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, we must view all of the evidence in the light consistent with the verdict and give the State all favorable inferences which may be drawn from the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 995 So. 2d 812 - Morgan v. State

3. “The Mississippi Supreme Court has held that admitting out-of-court statements made to the police during the course of their investigations is permissible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 811 So. 2d 477 - Clay v. State