State v. Harris’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. ““[A] defendant may move to dismiss in order to challenge the legal sufficiency of the evidence. * * * In ruling on such a motion, the trial justice acts as the fact-finder. * * * In carrying out that task, the trial justice is ‘required to weigh and evaluate the trial evidence, pass upon the credibility of the trial witnesses, and engage in the inferential process, impartially, not being required to view the inferences in favor of the nonmoving party, and against the moving party.’” State v. Harris, 871 A.2d 341, 346 (R.I.2005).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. DiPetrillo · STATE v. Jesse S. PERRY.

2. “this Court will not disturb the * * * findings [made by a trial justice sitting without a jury] unless they are clearly wrong or the trial justice misconceived or overlooked material evidence on a controlling issue.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. STATE v. Jesse S. PERRY. · State v. Tory Lussier

3. “our role is not simply to rubber-stamp the trial justice's findings of fact; rather, our role is 'to review the record carefully to see if it in fact contains sufficient evidence to support the trial justice's conclusion.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Tory Lussier