Topic: jury verdicts are not lightly overturned. · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 71 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Lee Hood, Also Known as Henry Leon Hood.

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1 United States v. Lee Hood, Also Known as Henry Leon Hood Anchor
ca8 · 1995
green “jury verdicts are not lightly overturned.” 14
2 United States v. Quentin Ira Lincoln
ca8 · 1980
green “should be used sparingly and with caution.” 11
3 United States v. Cleophus Davis, Jr.
ca8 · 1996
green “the district court weighs the evidence and evaluates anew the credibility of the witnesses to determine if a miscarriage of justice may have occurred.” 11
4 United States v. Douglas Allen Baker, United States of America v. Leroy Charles Wheeler
ca8 · 1996
green “the evidence need not exclude every reasonable hypothesis except guilt.” 10
5 United States v. Opera Moore
ca8 · 1997
green “the jury's verdict must be upheld if there is an interpretation of the evidence that would allow a reasonable jury to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” 10
6 United States v. George Anthony Kinshaw, United States of America v. Larry Everett Thomas
ca8 · 1996
green “a reasonable fact-finder must have entertained a reasonable doubt about the government's proof” 9
7 United States v. Martin Perkins
ca8 · 1996
green “the jury's verdict must be upheld if there is an interpretation of the evidence that would allow a reasonable-minded jury to conclude guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.” 6

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