State v. O'BRIEN

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that in the absence of any evidence of deliberation, “jury [does not have a] license to speculate on what happened ... [and is not] permitted to invent a version of facts — unsupported by any evidence — that fits the crimes charged”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

196 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Rocha
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-02-03· cited 500×
• United States v. Darden
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-11-22· cited 301×
• State v. Chaney
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1998-03-24· cited 291×
• State v. Demery
  Washington Supreme Court· 2001-09-13· cited 270×
• State v. Rousan
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1998-01-27· cited 239×
• State v. Clay
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1998-09-22· cited 207×
• State v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1994-11-22· cited 170×
• State v. Whalen
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2001-07-10· cited 168×
• State of Missouri v. Blaec James Lammers
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2016-02-09· cited 141×
• State v. Clemons
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-05-27· cited 125×
• State v. Bateman
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-08-03· cited 120×
• State v. Glass
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2004-07-01· cited 111×
• State v. Strong
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2004-08-24· cited 108×
• State v. Johns
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2000-12-05· cited 104×
• State v. Skillicorn
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-05-27· cited 103×
• Lanham v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-08-25· cited 101×
• State v. Ferguson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2000-05-30· cited 97×
• State v. Boggs
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-06-16· cited 91×
• William L. Rousan v. Donald P. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center
  Eighth Circuit· 2006-02-08· cited 87×
• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-03-09· cited 75×

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• United States v. Ball
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-25· cited 1,376×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• State v. Antwine
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-12-15· cited 533×
• State v. Ervin
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1992-09-22· cited 246×
• Green v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 211×
• State v. Isa
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-03-23· cited 203×
• State v. Mallett
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-07-14· cited 195×
• State v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-02-23· cited 155×
• Morris v. Mathews
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-21· cited 145×
• Reed v. Slakan
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 127×
• State v. Johns
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-10-09· cited 121×
• Cheadle v. New Mexico
  Supreme Court· 1984-04-16· cited 117×
• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1974-11-12· cited 102×
• United States v. Cornelius Franklin
  Eighth Circuit· 1984-02-22· cited 98×
• State v. Six
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-03-05· cited 91×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1981-10-13· cited 87×
• State v. Betts
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 76×