– State v. Smith –’s Empirical Analysis

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31 state decisions

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

1. “The Kansas Constitution provides that '[t]he judicial power of this state shall be vested exclusively in one court of justice, which shall be divided into one supreme court, district courts, and such other courts as are provided by law.' Kan. Const. art. 3, § 1. Pursuant to this provision, the Kansas Legislature created the Court of Appeals and bestowed power upon it 'over appeals in civil and criminal cases . . . as may be prescribed by law.' K.S.A. 20-3001. As a result of these constitutional and statutory provisions, the 9 Kansas Court of Appeals 'may exercise jurisdiction only under circumstances allowed by statute.' Flores Rentals v. Flores, 283 Kan. 476, 481 , 153 P.3d 523 (2007).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Estate of Lentz

2. “This court reviews questions of subject matter jurisdiction de novo. Hill v. State, 310 Kan. 490 , 498, 448 P.3d 457 (2019). To the extent this question requires the interpretation of statutes, we apply a de novo analysis to that interpretation. State v. LaPointe, 309 Kan. 299 , 312, 434 P.3d 850 (2019).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Estate of Lentz

3. “except that jurisdictional or other grounds going to the legality of the proceedings may be raised by the defendant as provided in K.S.A. 60-1507, and amendments thereto.”

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