State v. Garcia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

72 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"evidence which possesses both relevance and substance and which furnishes a substantial basis of fact from which the issues can reasonably be resolved. Stated in another way, `substantial evidence' is such legal and relevant evidence as a reasonable person might accept as being sufficient to support a conclusion. State v. Garcia, 250 Kan. 310 , Syl. ¶ 3, 827 P.2d 727 (1992). Furthermore, `"[u]pon appellate review [the appellate court] accepts as true the evidence and all inferences to be drawn therefrom which support or tend to support the findings of the trial judge."` Taylor v. State, 252 Kan. 98, 104 , 843 P.2d 682 (1992) (quoting Short v. Wise, 239 Kan. 171, 178 , 718 P.2d 604 [1986])."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re JDJ · In re J.D.J.

2. ““Upon the hearing of a motion to suppress evidence, the State bears the burden of proving to the trial court the lawfulness of the search and seizure. An appellate court will uphold a trial court’s suppression of evidence if that ruling is supported by substantial competent evidence.” State v. Garcia, 250 Kan. 310 , Syl. ¶ 1, 827 P.2d 727 (1992). “If the findings of the trial court on a motion to suppress evidence are based upon substantial evidence this court on review will not substitute its view of the evidence for that of the trial court.” 250 Kan. 310 , Syl. ¶ 2.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 19 Kan. App. 2d 192 - State v. Ninci

3. ““If the findings of the trial court on a motion to suppress evidence are based upon substantial evidence this court on review will not substitute its view of the evidence for that of the trial court.” “Substantial evidence is evidence which possesses both relevance and substance and which furnishes a substantial basis of fact from which the issues can reasonably be resolved. Stated in another way, ‘substantial evidence’ is such.legal and relevant evidence as a reasonable person might accept as being sufficient to support a conclusion.””

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