State v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The case at bar is factually similar to the situation in Moore . Here the evidence presented by the State indicates the appellant wanted to kill Mullikin to prevent him from testifying at his trial for unlawful possession of a firearm and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. Clearly the crimes charged in the earlier action precipitated the conduct resulting in the attempted murder and burglary charges. The charges arising out of the two incidents were properly consolidated for trial.” 234 Kan. at 217 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Dreiling · State v. Flynn

2. ““In a criminal action, when the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction, the standard of review on appeal is whether the evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, convinces the appellate court that a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Walker, 244 Kan. 275 , Syl. ¶ 4, 768 P.2d 290 (1989).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bishop · State v. Moppin

3. “[t]he statute does not require the State to prove that the offender had any independent legal duty to the victim, but only that the conduct was wilful and unreasonable”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of New Hampshire v. Peggy Starr · State v. Wilson