State v. Alderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

97 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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘When a district court refuses to recuse itself from a trial upon the defendant’s request, this court has promulgated a two-part test to determine whether the defendant received a fair trial or whether the defendant’s due process rights were violated: (1) Did the trial judge have a duty to recuse himself or herself from this case because the judge was biased, prejudicial, or partial? (2) If the judge did have a duty to recuse and failed to do so, is there a showing of actual bias or prejudice to warrant setting aside the judgment of the trial court?””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Brown · State v. Reed

2. ““The court did not exclude all evidence of the defendant’s theory. Thus, a constitutional issue is not at stake, and this court’s standard of review is not unlimited. Instead, we determine whether the district court abused its discretion in excluding evidence of Goodwin’s prior conviction for aggravated battery. [Citation omitted.]” 260 Kan. at 461 .”

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

3. ““[A] majority of this court is of the opinion that a reasonable person having full knowledge of the facts would reasonably question the impartiality of the judge if the judge was about to sentence a defendant when the judge’s brother was the victim of a theft involving the defendant being sentenced. We do not question die trial judge’s actual impartiality in this case. Nor do we question the sentence imposed as being unduly harsh. . . . It is vital to the legal system that the public perceive the system as impartial. The majority of this court is of the opinion a reasonable person with knowledge of all die facts would have reasonable doubt as to the judge’s impartiality. We therefore vacate the sentence and remand the case to the trial court for resentencing by a different judge.” 260 Kan. at 469 .”

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