State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hen a party presents . . . no argument to support its request for relief, an issue may be deemed abandoned.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hilyard · State v. Zongker

2. “[a]fter conviction and prior to sentence and as part of the presentence investigation authorized by K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6703 . . . the trial judge may order the defendant committed for mental examination, 25 evaluation and report. If the defendant is convicted of a felony, the commitment shall be to the state security hospital or any suitable local mental health facility.”

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

3. “Here, Evans never stated any grounds to the trial court why it should grant her request for a mental health evaluation. She created no record in support of her motion, and she essentially abandoned the argument below. For these reasons, this issue fails to present reversible error.”

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