Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “all evidence supporting a guilty verdict is accepted as true, and the [State] must be given the benefit of all reasonable inferences that can be reasonably drawn from the evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 983 So. 2d 364 - Lámar v. State · 990 So. 2d 798 - Wilson v. State

2. “this 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.”

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

3. “based upon familiarity not acquired for purposes of the litigation.”) (internal quotation marks omitted). We also note KRE 901 offers”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roach v. Commonwealth