State v. Kaarma’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

64 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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A district court abuses its discretion if it acts arbitrarily without conscientious judgment or exceeds the bounds of reason resulting in substantial injustice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Frey · State v. Ellerbee

2. “[W]hen conflicting evidence is presented, the district court must ** provide jury instructions on both theories supported by the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Polak · State v. Ellerbee

3. “We review the instructions as a whole to determine whether they fully and fairly instruct the jury on the applicable law.”

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