State v. Woodring’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Judicial discretion is abused if judicial action (1) is arbitrary, fanciful, or unreasonable, i.e., if no reasonable person would have taken the view adopted by the trial court; (2) is based on an error of law, i.e., if the discretion is guided by an erroneous legal 11 conclusion; or (3) is based on an error of fact, i.e., if substantial competent evidence does not support a factual finding on which a prerequisite conclusion of law or the exercise of discretion is based.'”

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

2. “the defendant of the consequences of the plea, including the specific sentencing guidelines level of any crime committed . . . and of the maximum penalty provided by law which may be imposed upon acceptance of such plea.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 62 Kan. App. 2d 420 - State v. Wallace