27 Kan. App. 2d 41 - State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[W]here a defendant is charged with second-degree intentional murder and convicted of voluntary manslaughter based on sudden quarrel or heat of passion, the conviction may stand even absent evidence of sudden quarrel or heat of passion, as long as the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of second-degree intentional murder.” 27 Kan. App. 2d at 46 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Kan. App. 2d 544 - State v. Cobb · State v. Abu-Fakher

2. ““where a defendant is charged with murder and is convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, the defendant’s conviction will stand notwithstanding the fact that there was no evidence to support the jury’s finding of provocation, as long as the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of the greater crime of murder.” 27 Kan. App. 2d at 45 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Abu-Fakher