State v. Howard’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Boatright v. Kansas Racing Commission (1992), State v. Carter (2007)
2 federal appellate · 46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church · State Ex Rel. Ferguson v. American Savings Stamp Co. · State v. Finley · State v. Bishop · State v. Hansford
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When a continuance is requested during the trial of a case [to secure attendance of a witness], the trial judge must weigh the many factors involvedpossible prejudice to the defendant, the diligence (or lack of it) disclosed in attempting to secure the attendance of the witness, the materiality and importance of the probable testimony, and the probability of the witness' appearance at a later date if the continuance is granted." Howard, 221 Kan. at 55 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to avail oneself of; to employ; to utilize; to carry out a purpose or action by means of; to put into action or service, especially to attain an end.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is within the discretion of the trial court to declare a mistrial in a criminal jury trial when it is shown that a juror is or becomes so prejudiced during the trial that he or she cannot serve as a fair and impartial juror and give both the state and the defendant a fair trial. . . .” (p. 57.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Bennett
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.