808 So. 2d 145 - Darling v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 103 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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “rebut conclusively, every possible variation of events”

   20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Delgado v. State · Troy v. State

2. “Where the only proof of guilt is circumstantial, no matter how strongly the evidence may suggest guilt, a conviction cannot be sustained unless the evidence is inconsistent with any reasonable hypothesis of innocence. The question of whether the evidence fails to exclude all reasonable hypotheses of innocence is for the jury to determine, and where there is substantial, competent evidence to support the jury verdict, we will not reverse.”

   16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 25 So. 3d 518 - Jackson v. State · Delgado v. State

3. “admits not only the facts stated in the evidence adduced, but also admits every conclusion favorable to the adverse party that a jury might fairly and reasonably infer from the evidence.”

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Duxbury v. State · 934 So. 2d 1128 - Reynolds v. State