Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

57 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a party may not take advantage of an error that she commits, invites, or which is the natural consequence of her own neglect or misconduct.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adrian Durden v. State of Indiana · Billy Brantley v. State of Indiana

2. “[W]e neither reweigh the evidence nor judge the credibility of the witnesses, and we affirm if there is substantial evidence of probative value supporting each element of the crime from which a reasonable trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. It is the job of the fact-finder to determine whether the evidence in a particular case sufficiently proves each element of an offense, and we consider conflicting evidence most favorably to the trial court's ruling.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prickett v. State · Hightower v. State

3. “It is the job of the fact-finder to determine whether the evidence in a particular case sufficiently proves each element of an offense, and we consider conflicting evidence most favorably to the trial court's ruling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Samaniego-Hernandez v. State