Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Where evidence of a previous conviction of a felony was received by a sentencing court pursuant to K. S. A. 21-107a at a time when the defendant was present and in court with his attorney and, being afforded the right to allocution, made no objection and in fact admitted the previous conviction, at a time when he had previously been advised by his attorney of the provisions of the habitual criminal act and that the same might be invoked against him, it is held, upon the record presented there was no denial of constitutional rights in any failure by the prosecution to give formal prior notice of the hearing.” (Syl. ¶ 4.)”

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