State v. Sims’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Cumulative error, considered collectively, may be so great as to require reversal of a defendant's conviction. The test is whether the totality of the circumstances substantially prejudiced the defendant and denied him or her a fair trial. No prejudicial error may be found under the cumulative error doctrine if the evidence against the defendant is overwhelming.'”

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

2. “a district court is not required to instruct a jury to consider a lesser included homicide offense simultaneously with any greater homicide offense.”

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

3. “'lines of cases allowing admission of [evidence of other crimes and civil wrongs] independent of K.S.A. 60-455 are contrary to long-held common law and the text of the statute itself.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Chavez