State v. Massey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A defendant is presumed to be innocent until the contrary is proved. When there is a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, he must be acquitted. When there is a reasonable doubt as to which of two or more degrees of an offense he is guilty, he may be convicted of the lowest degree only.” (Emphasis added.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Hall · State v. Brammer

2. ““We find no Kansas cases in-which improper testimony was given in violation of an order in limine. However, some jurisdictions hold defiance of an order in limine is not reversible error as long as the trial court instructs the jury to disregard the testimony. Michigan has found instructing the jury to disregard can cause even more prejudice to the defendant, and therefore holds a new trial is necessary regardless of limiting instructions. Texas has held there is no reversible error if the defendant did not object at trial. See Annot., 63 A.L.R.3d 311 , § 4.” 242 Kan. at 265 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Moncla

3. “consider alcoholic epilepsy to be only one of the many forms of epilepsy, most of which are idiopathic, meaning of unknown cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Estate of Graber v. Dillon Companies