State v. Timley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “prosecutorial error is harmless if the State can demonstrate 'beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of will not or did not 13 affect the outcome of the trial in light of the entire record, i.e., where there is no reasonable possibility that the error contributed to the verdict.'”

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

2. “[W]e find it unnecessary to require the prosecutor to include the unspoken, but implicit, disclaimer inherent in all opening arguments, i.e., 'If you look at the evidence, a reasonable inference is that . . .'”

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

3. “extends to alleged errors made in closing arguments. State v. Tahah, 302 Kan. 783, 787 , 358 P.3d 819 (2015). In determining whether a particular statement falls outside of the wide latitude given to prosecutors, the court considers the context in which the statement was made, rather than analyzing the statement in isolation. State v. Thomas, 307 Kan. 733, 744 , 415 P.3d 430 (2018). In crafting closing arguments, a prosecutor is permitted to discuss the evidence and draw”

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