State v. Shields’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “in the first two elements of commercial sexual exploitation of a child under K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6422(a)(1). 39 But the fact Sinnard's proposed instruction would have also been legally appropriate does not establish error. A party is not entitled to any proposed instruction merely because it is legally and factually appropriate. Thus, if a party's requested instruction is legally and factually appropriate,”

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

2. “). Guebara's trial counsel did not object to the alleged errors at trial, but appellate courts will review a claim of prosecutorial error even without a timely objection. State v. Shields, 315 Kan. 814 , 835, 511 P.3d 931 (2022). Appellate courts apply a two-step analysis when evaluating such claims. First, they”

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

3. “'decide whether the prosecutorial acts complained of fall outside the wide latitude afforded prosecutors to conduct the State's case and attempt to obtain a conviction in a manner that does not offend the defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial.'”

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