State v. Scheel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only when the evidence is so inconclusive or so inherently improbable that `reasonable minds must have entertained a reasonable doubt' that the defendant committed the crime.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 UT App 220 - State v. Pearson · State v. Strain

2. “As a general rule, we will not review a claim on appeal unless `a contemporaneous objection or some form of specific preservation of claims of error' has been made a part of the record”

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

3. “Thus, while 'emphasizing the evidence that supported his position,, Defendant has 'left it to the court to sort out what evidence actually supported the findings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2002 UT App 127 - State v. Marquez