Loving v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a painstaking review of the record to determine whether the evidence and reasonable inferences drawn therefrom, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, were sufficient to allow the jury to reach its verdict.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Longo · State v. Clarin

2. “after the defendant formed the intent to kill, some appreciable time passed during which the consideration, planning, preparation or determination ... prior to the commission of the act took place.”

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

3. “acceptance of the State's evidence and its rejection of any evidence in the record that is inconsistent with the circumstances proved by the State.”

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