762 So. 2d 800 - Grant v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Only in those cases where the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice will this Court disturb it on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 868 So. 2d 1045 - Bullins v. State · 881 So. 2d 820 - Walker v. State

2. “the benefit of all favorable inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 868 So. 2d 1045 - Bullins v. State · 881 So. 2d 820 - Walker v. State

3. “Matters regarding the weight and credibility of the evidence are to be resolved by the jury. We are authorized to reverse only where, with respect to one or more of the elements of the offense charged, the evidence so considered is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could only find the accused not guilty.... [W]e give the jury’s verdict the benefit of all favorable inferences, accept as true the evidence favorable to the verdict, and reverse only if we are “convinced that the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that, to allow it to stand, would be to sanction an unconscionable injustice.””

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