State v. Blansett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'fall outside the wide latitude afforded prosecutors to conduct the State's case.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Flack · 62 Kan. App. 2d 86 - State v. Vazquez

2. “[w]hen the defense creates an inference that the State's evidence is not credible because the State failed to admit a certain piece of evidence, the State may rebut the inference by informing the jury that the defense has the power to introduce evidence.”

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

3. “that the State refused to call a witness beneficial to the defense”

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