State v. Caba’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whenever this Court reviews the denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal, we apply the same standard as that applied by the trial justice; namely, we `must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state, * * * giving full credibility to the state's witnesses, and draw therefrom all reasonable inferences consistent with guilt.'”

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

2. “This Court must uphold the denial of the motion for judgment of acquittal if the record shows sufficient evidence to merit a jury verdict of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “This Court must evaluate just the evidence `that the prosecution claims is capable of supporting proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

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