State v. Floyd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Judicial discretion is abused if judicial action (1) is arbitrary, 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.’ State v. Ward, 292 Kan. 541, 550 , 256 P.3d 801 (2011), cert. denied 132 S. Ct. 1594 (2012).” 296 Kan. at 694.”

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

2. “This court employs an abuse of discretion standard when reviewing a district court's decision on a departure motion.”

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

3. “court may correct an illegal sentence at any time.”

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