State v. Shannon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 56 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It must be remembered that by the very nature of a contempt proceeding the decision of guilt or innocence of an accused rests in the sound discretion of the trial court before whom the matter is pending.... It must, likewise, be kept in mind that when a trial court has exercised that discretion and its decision has been challenged by appeal the sole duty of the appellate court is to determine whether the record reveals such an abuse of discretion as to warrant a reversal of its action. This is true even though the appellate court might have rendered a contrary decision under the evidence if it had been sitting in judgment."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Trust Administrators, Inc. v. Sebelius

2. ““Voluntary manslaughter is the intentional killing of a human being committed: “(a) Upon a sudden quarrel or in the heat of passion; or “(b) upon an unreasonable but honest belief that circumstances existed that justified deadly force under K.S.A. 21-3211,21-3212 or 21-3213 and amendments thereto. “Voluntary manslaughter is a severity level 3, person felony.””

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

3. “attempt requires specific intent to commit the object crime, so 'to establish the crime of attempted involuntary manslaughter the person would be required to specifically intend to commit an unintentional crime[, and] [t]his is a logical impossibility.'”

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