State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 41 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In designating a crime as person or nonperson comparable offenses shall be referred to. If the state of Kansas does not have a comparable offense, the out-of-state conviction shall be classified as a nonperson crime.” (Emphasis added.)”

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

2. “The parties have not cited, and we have not been able to locate, Kansas statutes or case law that answers the specific question before us. Certainly the general guidance contained in K.S.A. 21-4711(e) regarding the scoring of out-of-state convictions as person or nonperson by using comparable Kansas offenses is of little help.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 58 Kan. App. 2d 933 - State v. Adams

3. “This code has no application to crimes committed prior to July 1, 2011. . . . Prosecutions for prior crimes shall be governed, prosecuted and punished under the laws existing at the time such crimes were committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 58 Kan. App. 2d 474 - State v. Lyon