State v. Lyons’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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

1. ““Q: ... I believe you testified that you paid [$]500 at the preliminary hearing, but you’re telling us today that you paid [$]200 for the car? “A: Yes, sir. “Q: Plus another $300, for a total of $500? “A: At the preliminaiy it was . . . [$]200, plus I got [$]300 out of my bedroom to make [$]500 total. And therefore today I said $200. And that [$]200 — period. I agree widi what you said— “Q: Okay. “A: —in the past. “Q: What was the additional $300 for? “A: The additional $300 went — when [agents of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation] came to my house in relation with the car, it was said that, upon me, that the State would pay me for giving up the car to them for the price I had witiiin [sic] it. So therefore I did say $500 at this point in time and I stuck by it. So therefore that was the, the discrepancy between die two and die five. That’s why I said five, because of an issue of being reimbursed. “Q: So we were going to make a quick [$]300 bucks at die expense of die Kansas Bureau of Investigation? “A: (Witness nodded head). “Q: Would that nod be a yes, sir? “A: Yes, sir. “Q: Then at die preliminary hearing you said that you did give Mr. Albright $500? “A: I gave two, and dren I gave three, because the answer was two. “Q: Okay. Well, tiien what was die $300 that you gave Mr. Albright, the additional $300? “A: I did not. “Q: Okay. So, when you testified at the preliminary hearing that it was $500, diat’s incorrect now? “A: Yes, sir. “Q: It was incorrect then, excuse me. “A: ”

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