Swanson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[wle have consistently held that, even though it is possible to draw other inferences from the evidence which has been presented, the jury has the responsibility to resolve conflicts in the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jessy Michael Dennis v. The State of Wyoming

2. “In order to prove larceny, the State must prove that the defendant intended to ... deprive the rightful owner of the property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carlos Yammon Pena v. The State of Wyoming