3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 409 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 State v. Hanson.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State v. Hanson Anchor | green | “because a verdict of guilt removes the presumption of innocence and raises a presumption of guilt, the criminal defendant bears the burden on appeal of showing that the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain a guilty verdict.” | 184 |
| 2 | State of Tennessee v. Carl J. Wagner | green | “neither re-weighs the evidence nor substitutes its inferences for those drawn by the jury.” | 124 |
| 3 | State of Tennessee v. Carl J. Wagner | green | “appellate courts evaluating the sufficiency of the convicting evidence must determine '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.” | 101 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.