McCoy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]t is important that there has been no intervening matter to eliminate the state of excitement and call into question the reliability of the utterance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 979 So. 2d 721 - Harris v. State · 919 So. 2d 190 - Kiker v. State

2. “[T]his Court must accept as true the evidence which supports the verdict and will reverse only when convinced that the circuit court has abused its discretion in failing to grant a new trial. Only in those cases where the verdict is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice will this Court disturb it on appeal. As such, if the verdict is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence, then a new trial is proper. Baker v. State, 802 So.2d 77 (¶ 14) (Miss. 2001). It is within the discretion of the jury to accept or reject testimony by a witness, and the jury “may give consideration to all inferences flowing from the testimony.” Mangum v. State, 762 So.2d 337 (¶ 12) (Miss.2000) (quoting Grooms v. State, 357 So.2d 292, 295 (Miss.1978)).”

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

3. “there can be no infringement upon the right to remain silent when the defendant does not exercise his right to remain silent when questioned at the time of the arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 984 So. 2d 295 - Smith v. State