Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.” [Bush v. State, 895 So.2d 836, 843 (¶ 16) ] (quoting Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 315 , 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979)). The evidence must show “beyond a reasonable doubt that accused committed the act charged, and that he did so under such circumstances that every element of the offense existed; and where the evidence fails to meet this test it is insufficient to support a conviction.” Id. (quoting Carr v. State, 208 So.2d 886, 889 (Miss.1968)). If, keeping in mind the reasonable-doubt standard, “reasonable and fair-minded [jurors] in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions on every element of the offense,” the evidence will be deemed to have been sufficient. Id. (quoting Edwards v. State, 469 So.2d 68, 70 (Miss.1985)).”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 61 So. 3d 912 - Nolan v. State · 21 So. 3d 633 - Mitchell v. State

2. “it is so contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Perkins v. State · 995 So. 2d 831 - Thompson v. State

3. “acts as a `thirteenth juror' and views the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Perkins v. State · 995 So. 2d 831 - Thompson v. State