State v. McCray’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 60 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘[sjomeone is responsible for the murder of Onzie. Somebody is, and that somebody, ladies and gentlemen, is only feet from you. That someone as you know is Damon LaShawn McCray. Look at him, ladies and gentlemen, you have to look at him. That’s what a murderer looks like, ladies and gentlemen.’ ” (Emphasis added.) 267 Kan. at 347 .”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Miller · State v. Neal

2. ““Issues of credibility are within the province of the jury. On appellate review, the credibility of witnesses will not be passed upon, conflicting evidence will not be weighed, and all questions of credibility are to be resolved in favor of the State. [Citation omitted.]” State v. McCray, 267 Kan. 339, 343 , 979 P.2d 134 (1999).”

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

3. “When the sufficiency of the evidence is challenged in a criminal case, the standard of review is whether, after review of all the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, the appellate court is convinced that a rational factfinder could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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