State v. Everett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(a) Subject to K.S.A. 60-447, and amendments thereto, evidence that a person committed a crime or civil wrong on a specified occasion, is inadmissible to prove such person’s disposition to commit crime or civil wrong as the basis for an in ference that the person committed another crime or civil wrong on another specified occasion. “(b) Subject to K.S.A. 60-445 and 60-448, and amendments thereto, such evidence is admissible when relevant to prove some other material fact including motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity or absence of mistake or accident.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Richard

2. “In essence, through this [open the door] rule, the State seeks to admit evidence of a prior crime in a manner that is independent of the rules of evidence, including K.S.A. 60-455, which relates to the admission of evidence regarding other crimes or civil wrongs.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Chighisola

3. “State's arguments ignore our decision in Gunby in which [the court] ended a prior practice of admitting evidence of other crimes or civil wrongs on any grounds independent of K.S.A. 60-455 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Chighisola