State v. Oliver’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The district court ‘must instruct the jury on the law applicable to the defendant’s theories for which there is supporting evidence.’ State v. Williams, 277 Kan. 338, 356 , 85 P.3d 697 (2004). ‘A defendant is entitled to an instruction on his or her theory of the case even though the evidence thereon is slight and supported only by the defendant’s own testimony. [Citation omitted.]’ State v. Bell, 276 Kan. 785, 792 , 80 P.3d 367 (2003). Further . . . this court reviews the evidence in the light most favorable to the party requesting the instruction when considering the district court’s refusal to give a requested instruction. Williams, 277 Kan. at 356 .””

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

2. ““(1) A person is not guilty of a crime other than murder or voluntary manslaughter by reason of conduct which he performs under the compulsion or threat of the imminent infliction of death or great bodily harm, if he reasonably believes that death or great bodily harm will be inflicted upon him or upon his spouse, parent, child, brother or sister if he does not perform such conduct. “(2) The defense provided by this section is not available to one who willfully or wantonly places himself in a situation in which it is probable that he will be subjected to compulsion or threat.””

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

3. “[a]lthough there was some minimal evidence that Oliver was under the influence of Bell, there was no evidence supporting the degree of compulsion necessary to merit an instruction on that defense”

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