State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

141 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 141 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Here, the witnesses attempted to serve as human lie detectors for the child and both told the jury that in their professional opinions the child was truthful and the defendant was guilty as charged. We are convinced that it was the function of the jury to hear the testimony of the witnesses as to what the child said, and then to make a determination of the reliability of the child's statements." 239 Kan. at 470 .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Clements · 628 So. 2d 1116 - State v. Foret

2. “"[W]e think it was error for the trial court to permit the witnesses to testify and tell the jury that in their opinions the child was telling the truth and in their opinions the defendant committed the acts of molestation with which he was charged. "... Here, the witnesses attempted to serve as human lie detectors for the child and both told the jury that in their professional opinions the child was truthful and the defendant was guilty as charged." 239 Kan. at 470 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Clements · In Re JWS

3. ““In a felony action, the indictment or information is the jurisdictional instrument upon which the accused stands trial.” “A conviction based upon an information which does not sufficiently charge the offense for which the accused is convicted is void. Failure of an information to sufficiently state an offense is a fundamental defect which can be raised at any time, even on appeal.” “If the facts alleged in an information do not constitute an offense within the terms and meaning of the statute upon which it is based, the information is fatally defective. The evidence introduced at trial to show commission of the crime sought to have been charged, and the jury instruction thereon, have no bearing on this question.” “In Kansas all crimes are statutory and the elements necessary to constitute a crime must be gathered wholly from the statute.” “An information which omits one or more of the essential elements of the crimes it attempts to charge is jurisdictionally and fatally defective, and convictions for those offenses must be reversed.””

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