798 So. 2d 533 - Holmes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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

1. “Sufficiency questions are raised in motions for directed verdict and also in JNOV motions. McClain v. State, 625 So.2d 774, 778 (Miss.1993). Where a defendant moves for a JNOV or a directed verdict, the trial court considers all of the credible evidence consistent with the defendant's guilt, giving the prosecution the benefit of all favorable inferences that may be reasonably drawn from this evidence. Id. This Court is authorized to reverse only where, with respect to one or more of the elements of the offense charged, the evidence is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could not find the accused guilty. Wetz v. State, 503 So.2d 803, 808 (Miss.1987.)”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Berry v. State · 856 So. 2d 523 - Crosby v. State

2. “A trial judge cannot be put in error on a matter which was not presented to him for decision.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eric Darrell Lott v. State of Mississippi · Verenzo Cartrell Green v. State of Mississippi

3. “[t]he act of any conspirator [Nash] is the act of all of the conspirators.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 984 So. 2d 989 - Williams v. State