State v. Sappington’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[T]o warrant substitute counsel, a defendant must show 'justifiable dissatisfaction' with appointed counsel. Justifiable dissatisfaction includes a showing of a conflict of interest, an irreconcilable conflict, or a complete breakdown in communications between counsel and the defendant. But ultimately,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Breitenbach · 61 Kan. App. 2d 234 - State v. Frias

2. “believe[d] that imposing a defense upon a defendant which is arguably inconsistent with the one upon which he completely relies-by providing the jury a defense instruction that neither party requests-is akin to denying the defendant the meaningful opportunity to present his chosen theory of defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 196 - State v. White

3. “'a reasonable basis for believing the attorney-client relation has not deteriorated to a point 12 where appointed counsel can no longer give effective aid in the fair presentation of a defense.'”

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