State v. Hines’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'to abandon the status quo and to venture beyond the sentence that it would ordinarily impose.' [Citation omitted.]”

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

2. “'real, not imagined, and of substance, not ephemeral.'”

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

3. “See K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-6620 (providing hard 25 life sentence may be imposed for 18 premeditated murder in lieu of standard hard 50 sentence if sentencing judge finds substantial and compelling reasons to impose the lesser sentence); K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21- 6815(a) (providing sentencing judge to impose presumptive sentence for grid crimes unless judge finds substantial and compelling reasons to impose departure sentence). On appeal, Randle claims the court erred because the mitigating factors listed in his motion”

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