State v. Gatlin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1) knowingly causing great bodily harm or disfigurement under K.S.A. 2017 Supp. (b)(1)(A); 2) knowingly causing bodily harm with a deadly weapon or in any manner where great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death can be inflicted under K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-5413(b)(1)(B) ; and 3) knowingly causing physical contact when done in a rude, insulting, or angry manner with a deadly weapon or in any manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement, or death could be inflicted under K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 21-5413(b)(1)(C).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 55 Kan. App. 2d 595 - State v. Green

2. “[i]t was not necessary for [the defendant] to repeat what had become a fruitless exercise [by objecting] three more times in order to preserve the issue for appellate review. [The defendant] had made his position clear to the district judge and given him ample opportunity to rule correctly.”

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

3. “[t]o act recklessly, a defendant must know that he or she is putting others in imminent danger.”

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