Sargent v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This court will not reweigh the evidence or assess the credibility of witnesses. Only the evidence most favorable to the judgment, together with all reasonable inferences that can be drawn therefrom will be considered. If a reasonable trier of fact could have found the defendant guilty based on the probative evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom, then a conviction will be affirmed.”

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

2. “The State presented sufficient evidence to establish that Sargent committed [two counts of incest]. T.S. and Sargent both testified that T.S. was Sargent's daughter.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Dw