Beauclair v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To avoid having a second or successive K.S.A. 60-1507 motion dismissed as an abuse of remedy, the movant must establish exceptional circumstances.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Thuko v. State · Littlejohn v. State

2. “'[e]xceptional circumstances are unusual events or intervening changes in the law that prevented the defendant [from] raising the issue in a preceding [K.S.A.] 60-1507 motion.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Thuko v. State · Nguyen v. State

3. “"A sentencing court may not consider a second or successive motion for relief by the same movant when: "(1) the ground for relief was determined adversely to the movant on a prior motion; "(2) the prior determination was on the merits; and "(3) justice would not be served by reaching the merits of the subsequent motion." Supreme Court Rule 183(d) (2018 Kan. S. Ct. R. 225).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Littlejohn v. State · Nguyen v. State