1 Kan. App. 2d 642 - State v. Arnold’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. ““. . . VERLIE ARNOLD, JR., did then and there unlawfully, wilfully toward the perpetration of the crime of Rape, as defined by K.S.A. 21-3502, commit the following overt act, to-wit: knocked [the victim] to the ground and got on top of her, with the intention to commit said crime, and the said VERLIE ARNOLD, JR. failed in the perpretation [sic] thereof and was prevented and intercepted in executing said crime by a Security Officer of Wichita State University; . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Arnold

2. ““We think the evidence was such — the stealth, the physical actions including the threats, the relative positions of the parties and the like — that the jury could properly have drawn the inference that defendant was bent on rape. This meets the test on appellate review. [Citation omitted]. The issue was one for jury resolution, which settles the matter on appeal.” 1 Kan. App. 2d at 644 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hanks

3. ““In cases where the crime charged may include some lesser crime it is the duty of the trial court to instruct the jury, not only as to the crime charged but as to all lesser crimes of which the accused might be found guilty under the information or indictment and upon the evidence adduced, even though such instructions have not been requested or have been objected to.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Chatmon