911 So. 2d 424 - Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As the reviewing court, we cannot and need not determine with exactitude which witness(es) or what testimony the jury believed or disbelieved in arriving at its verdict. It is enough that the conflicting evidence presented a factual dispute for jury resolution.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 So. 3d 413 - Christmas v. State · 969 So. 2d 153 - Moore v. State

2. “need not exclude every `possible doubt,' but only every other `reasonable' hypothesis of innocence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 993 So. 2d 400 - Simpson v. State

3. “one in which there is neither an eyewitness nor a confession to the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 993 So. 2d 400 - Simpson v. State