State v. Looney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'The most fundamental rule of statutory construction is that the intent of the Legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained. In ascertaining this intent, we begin with the plain language of the statute, giving common words their ordinary meaning. When a statute is plain and unambiguous, an appellate court should not speculate about the legislative intent behind that clear language, and it should refrain from reading something into the statute that is not readily found in its words. But if a statute's language is ambiguous, we will consult our canons of construction to resolve the ambiguity. [Citations omitted.]'”

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

2. “We interpret the KSGA to limit appellate 3 jurisdiction by either the State or the defendant to those instances in which the sentencing court has departed adversely to the appealing party.”

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

3. “all departure sentences are subject to appeal under K.S.A. 21-4721(a) unless appellate jurisdiction is divested by a more specific provision.”

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