State v. Knabe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““21-4606a. Presumptive sentence for certain class E felons. The presumptive sentence for a person who has never before been convicted of a felony, but has now been convicted of a class E felony shall be probation or assignment to a community correctional services program on terms the court determines, unless the conviction is of a crime specified in article 34 [crimes against persons], 35 [sex offenses] or 36 [crimes affecting family relationships and children] of chapter 21 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. In determining whether to impose the presumptive sentence, the court shall consider any prior record of the person’s having been convicted or having been adjudicated to have committed, while a juvenile, an offense which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult.””

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

2. ““The presumptive sentence for a person who has never before been convicted of a felony, but has now been convicted of . . . [an] E felony . . . shall be probation, unless the conviction is of a crime . . . specified in article 34, 35 or 36 of chapter 21 of Kansas Statutes Annotated . . . the court shall consider any prior record of the person’s having been convicted or having been adjudicated to have committed, while a juvenile, , an offense which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult.””

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