State v. Voyles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

95 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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The State claims distinct multiple acts which each could separately constitute the crime of rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated endangering a child. In order for the defendant to be found guilty of rape and aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated endangering a child, you must unanimously agree upon the same underlying act.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Wells · State v. Torres

2. “'The threshold question in a multiple acts analysis is whether the defendant's conduct is part of one act or represents multiple acts which are separate and distinct from one another.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 40 Kan. App. 2d 467 - State v. Baatrup · 61 Kan. App. 2d 435 - State v. Hunt

3. ““If there is no unified defense, we do not tolerate verdict uncertainty in these cases. Stated in the language of the clearly erroneous standard of review applicable when no unanimity instruction has been requested, cases not containing a unified defense are reversed because the reviewing court is firmly convinced that diere is a real possibility the jury would have returned a different verdict if the instruction had been given.” Voyles, 284 Kan. at 253 .”

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