848 So. 2d 557 - State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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37 state decisions

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

1. “[T]he task of an appellate court reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence is not to second-guess the credibility choices of the trier of fact "beyond * * * sufficiency evaluations under the Jackson standard of review." State ex rel. Graffagnino v. King, 436 So.2d 559, 563 (La.1983). A victim's or eyewitness's testimony alone is therefore usually sufficient to support a verdict. State v. Bright, 98-0398, p. 24 (La.4/11/00), 776 So.2d 1134, 1148 [ additional citations omitted ].”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Dossman · State v. Walker

2. “However, we are mindful that the touchstone of Jackson v. Virginia is rationality and that `irrational decisions to convict will be overturned, rational decisions to convict will be upheld, and the actual fact finder's discretion will be impinged upon only to the extent necessary to guarantee the fundamental protection of due process of law.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 946 So. 2d 654 - State v. Ordodi · 985 So. 2d 792 - State v. Frith

3. “whether the jury acted rationally in finding [K.S.'s] testimony credible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 865 So. 2d 1032 - State v. JTS