State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “imposed by a court without jurisdiction; that does not conform to the applicable statutory provision, either in character or punishment; or that is ambiguous with respect to the time and manner in which it is to be served at the time it is pronounced.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Lamia-Beck · State v. Zongker

2. “An illegal sentence may be corrected at any time, K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 22-3504(1); and we have the authority to correct an illegal sentence sua sponte.”

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

3. “Litigants generally are precluded from raising an issue on appeal when they failed to raise the issue in the district court.”

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