State v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In assessing the sufficiency of the evidence, [an appellate court] view[s] the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict to determine whether the facts in the record and the legitimate inferences drawn from them would permit the jury to reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the offense of which he was convicted.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Stewart · State v. Ards

2. “generally in the best position to weigh the credibility of the evidence and thus determine which witnesses to believe and how much weight to give their testimony.”

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

3. “to the jury's acceptance of the proof of these circumstances and rejection of evidence in the record that conflicted with evidence proved by the State.”

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