State v. Nguyen’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Gleason · State v. Keel · Gannon v. State · Neighbor v. Westar Energy, Inc. · State v. Spencer
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 21-6806[c] 6 [formerly codified as K.S.A. 21-4706(c)] does not give district courts discretion to depart from a life sentence for felony murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Farmer“[v]iolations of K.S.A. 21-3401 . . . are off-grid crimes for the purpose of sentencing . . . [and] the sentence shall be imprisonment for life.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Farmer“A person convicted of felony murder is subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. See K.S.A. 21-4706[c].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Farmer
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.