State v. Charles’s Empirical Analysis

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28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"on notice that any temptation to say 'I think' should be rebuffed and replaced with 'the evidence shows' or 'I submit' or a similar, less potentially subjectively loaded phrase. See State v. Corbett , 281 Kan. 294 , 316, 130 P.3d 1179 (2006) (phrase 'I/we submit' used to advance idea for jury's consideration rather than expressing a personal opinion)." 304 Kan. at 175, 372 P.3d 1109 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. King · – State v. Pruitt –

2. “on repeated reading in context, we are convinced that the 'I thinks' littering the transcript in this case are mere verbal tics—transitions and time fillers akin to 'um' or 'uh.' As such, we hold that they were not outside the wide latitude given the prosecutor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. King · State v. Alfaro-Valleda

3. “' K.S.A. 60-455 does not prohibit the admission of evidence regarding other crimes and civil wrongs if the evidence relates to acts committed as part of the events surrounding the crimes or civil wrongs at issue in the trial.'”

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