State v. Morrow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under tire provisions of G. S. 1949, 21-109, whenever an offender is declared by law punishable, upon conviction, by confinement and hard labor for a term of not less than any specified number of years and no limit to the duration of such imprisonment or confinement is declared, he may be sentenced to imprisonment during his natural life, or for any number of years not less than such as are prescribed.” (Syl. f 3.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Akins

2. ““Whenever any offender is declared by law punishable, upon conviction, by confinement and hard labor for a term not less than any specified number of years, and no limit to the duration of such imprisonment or confinement is declared, the offender may be sentenced to imprisonment during his natural life, or for any number of years not less than such as are prescribed; . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Akins

3. ““It is a long-standing rule of this court that in a criminal action alleged trial errors not heard or presented on the hearing of a motion for a new trial are unavailing on appeal. . . . (State v. Haught, 180 Kan. 96, 100 , 299 P. 2d 573 ; State v. McManaman, 175 Kan. 33, 35, 36 , 258 P. 2d 997 .)” (l. c. 343, 344.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Burnett