State v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

50 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'to all cases . . . pending on direct review or not yet final'”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Blansett · State v. Thomas

2. “'unusual events or intervening changes in the law which prevent a movant from reasonably being able to raise all of the trial errors in the first post-conviction proceeding.' [Citation omitted.]”

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

3. “K.S.A. 60-1507 provides the exclusive statutory remedy to collaterally attack a criminal conviction and sentence.”

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