State v. Mora’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. “'Distribute is defined as "the actual, constructive or attempted transfer from one person to another of some item whether or not there is an agency relationship.”

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

2. “'The most fundamental rule of statutory construction is that the intent of the Legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained. In ascertaining this intent, we begin with the plain language of the statute, giving common words their ordinary meaning. When a statute is plain and unambiguous, an appellate court should not speculate about the 7 legislative intent behind that clear language, and it should refrain from reading something into the statute that is not readily found in its words. But if a statute's language is ambiguous, we will consult our canons of construction to resolve the ambiguity. [Citations omitted.]'”

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

3. “Where the statute 18 defining a crime does not include an attempt as a means of violating that criminal statute, an attempt to commit the crime is a separate offense which is created and defined by the provisions of [predecessor to K.S.A. 21-5301(a)].”

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