State v. Words’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently May 1998 · most notably State v. Smith (1989), State v. Green (1982)
25 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 Martin Theatres of Texas, Inc. v. Bullock · Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · State v. Buggs · State v. Childers · State v. Masqua
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is a long standing rule in Kansas that this court will not disturb a sentence imposed by a trial court on the ground it is excessive, provided it is within the limits prescribed by law and within the realm of discretion on the part of the trial court, and the sentence is not the result of partiality, prejudice, oppression or corrupt motive. State v. Words, 226 Kan. 59, 67 , 596 P.2d 129 (1979); State v. Buckner, 223 Kan. 138, 150 , 574 P.2d 918 (1977). It is necessary the complaining party show vindictive or retaliatory motives, or that judicial discretion was abused, to successfully attack the penalty imposed. State v. Words, 226 Kan. at 67 ; State v. Eaton, 213 Kan. 86, 89, 515 P.2d 807 (1973).””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Crispin““Photographs are not rendered inadmissible merely because they are shocking or gruesome if they are relevant and material to the matters at issue. The admission of photographs of a decedent is not error when they are relevant to matters at issue, such as the cause and manner of death, and as an aid in understanding a pathologist’s testimony.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Rodriquez““In a criminal case, the issue on appeal is not whether the evidence established guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether the evidence is sufficient to form the basis for a reasonable inference of guilt when viewed in the light most favorable to. the State.” State v. Words, 226 Kan. 59, 62 , 596 P.2d 129 (1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. McGhee
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.