State v. Gibson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When examining the sufficiency of the evidence in a criminal jury trial, we begin with the threshold issue of statutory interpretation, which we decide as a matter of law. With regard to the facts, “we review the evidence and all inferences which may reasonably be drawn from it in the light most favorable to the verdict of the jury.” Under this standard, we will reverse a conviction only when the evidence, viewed in light of our interpretation of the statute, “is sufficiently inconclusive or inherently improbable that reasonable minds must have entertained a reasonable doubt that-the defendant committed the crime of which he [or she] was convicted.””

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

2. “Children under fourteen are granted absolute protection from sexual exploitation. Sexual contact with children under fourteen is a crime of strict liability, meaning that any sexual contact with children under fourteen, whether consensual or not, is a felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1999 UT App 35 - State Ex Rel. Wcp

3. “‘Failure to give an elements instruction for a crime satisfies the manifest injustice standard under [Utah Rule of Criminal Procedure] 19(c) and constitutes reversible error as a matter of law.’”

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