State v. Baptist’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(1) The defendant has no significant history of prior criminal activity. “(2) The crime was committed while the defendant was under the influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbances. “(3) The victim was an accomplice in the crime committed by another person, and the defendant’s participation was relatively minor. “(4) The defendant acted under extreme distress or under the substantial domination of another person. “(5) The capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of the defendant’s conduct or to conform the defendant’s conduct to the requirements of law was substantially impaired. “(6) The age of the defendant at the time of the crime.” K.S.A. 21-4643(d).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Florentin · 50 Kan. App. 2d 1028 - State v. Grotton

2. ““ ‘(1) is arbitraiy, fanciful, or unreasonable, i.e., if no reasonable person would have taken the view adopted by the trial court; (2) is based on an error of law, i.e., if the discretion is guided by an erroneous legal conclusion; or (3) is based on an error of fact, i.e., if substantial competent evidence does not support a factual finding on which a prerequisite conclusion of law or the exercise of discretion is based.’” Baptist, 294 Kan. at 735 (quoting State v. Ward, 292 Kan. 541, 550 , 256 P.3d 801 [2011], cert. denied 132 S. Ct. 1594 (2012).”

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