State v. Verser’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"only the more rigorous of the two harmless error standards-the federal constitutional harmless error standard. [Citations omitted.] Under the federal standard, 'error may be declared harmless where the party benefitting from the error proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of will not or did not affect the outcome of the trial in light of the entire record.' " State v. Verser , 299 Kan. 776 , 789, 326 P.3d 1046 (2014).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Gonzalez · State v. James

2. “a defendant's right to be present at every critical stage of his or her criminal trial”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. James · State v. Lowery

3. “"Four factors assist our evaluation of whether a district judge's communication with the jury outside the presence of the defendant is harmless under the constitutional standard: '(1) the overall strength of the prosecution's case; (2) whether an objection was lodged; (3) whether the ex parte communication concerned a critical aspect of the trial or rather involved an innocuous and insignificant matter, and the manner in which it was conveyed to the jury; and (4) the ability of a posttrial remedy to mitigate the constitutional error.' [Citation omitted.]" Verser , 299 Kan. at 789-90 , 326 P.3d 1046 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Gonzalez · State v. Corey