State v. Ransom’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'from the judgment and sentence of the District Court of McPherson County, Kansas on November 6, 1997' " was sufficient to confer jurisdiction over the defendant's appeal of the district court's order certifying him to stand trial as an adult when there was only one issue to be appealed, both sides knew what that issue was, and the State could not have been prejudiced. Kansas appellate courts have more strictly construed the notices of appeal in civil cases than in criminal cases. Nevertheless, the modern code of civil procedure was not designed to make the notice of appeal requirements more technical and burdensome, and a liberal construction is called for in order "to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 56 Kan. App. 2d 623 - Garetson Brothers v. American Warrior, Inc.