Moore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “by granting a new trial where the evidence is technically sufficient to prove the criminal charge but the weight of the evidence does not appear to support the jury verdict. Moore, 800 So.2d at 749 . Thus, this rule”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 874 So. 2d 617 - Santiago v. State · 817 So. 2d 1042 - Geibel v. State

2. “enables the trial judge to weigh the evidence and to determine the credibility of witnesses so as to act, in effect, as an additional juror.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 874 So. 2d 617 - Santiago v. State · 817 So. 2d 1042 - Geibel v. State

3. “contrary to ... the weight of the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 817 So. 2d 1042 - Geibel v. State · 827 So. 2d 299 - State v. Brockman