802 So. 2d 77 - Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

74 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]his Court must accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict and will reverse only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial. 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. As such, if the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, then a new trial is proper.”

   27 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCoy v. State · Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Bailey

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

   11 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCoy v. State · Anderson v. State

3. “to reverse and render where the facts point overwhelmingly in favor of the appellant that reasonable men could not have found appellant guilty.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 950 So. 2d 243 - Turner v. State · 984 So. 2d 1035 - Graves v. State