White v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The standard for reviewing denial of a new trial goes to the weight of the evidence and the standard for reviewing the denial of a JNOV is whether or not the evidence was sufficient to warrant such and whether fair-minded jurors could have arrived at the same verdict. The standard for a JNOV is not whether it was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · 808 So. 2d 979 - Bessent v. State

2. “In appeals from an overruled motion for JNOV the sufficiency of the evidence as a matter of law is viewed and tested in a light most favorable to the State. The credible evidence consistent with . . . [a defendant's] guilt must be accepted as true. The prosecution must be given the benefit of all favorable inferences that may be reasonably drawn from the evidence. . . .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 788 So. 2d 794 - Brooks v. State · 812 So. 2d 1010 - Thomas v. State

3. “that the broad discretion in sentencing matters should not be taken away from the courts merely because no justification was presented for the particular sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 840 So. 2d 727 - Triplett v. State