State v. Armstrong’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'To be factually appropriate, there must be sufficient evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the defendant or the requesting party, to support the instruction.'”

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

2. ““First, an appellate court determines whether there was misconduct, i.e., whether the prosecutor’s comments were outside the wide latitude allowed in discussing the evidence. Second, if misconduct is found, the appellate court determines whether those comments compel reversal, i.e., whether the statements prejudiced the juiy against the defendant and denied the defendant a fair trial.” State v. Armstrong, 299 Kan. 405, 416 , 324 P.3d 1052 (2014).”

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

3. “[A] district court does not err in refusing to give a lesser included offense instruction on a crime which is unsupported by the evidence in that particular case. Such an inquiry is closely akin to the sufficiency of the evidence review frequently performed by appellate courts in criminal cases where '”

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