State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'to conduct the State's case in a manner that does not offend the defendant's constitutional right to a fair trial.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ervin · State v. Coleman

2. “Appellate courts often weigh these instructions when considering whether any prosecutorial error is harmless.”

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

3. “'The test for cumulative error is whether the errors substantially prejudiced the defendant and denied the defendant a fair trial given the totality of the circumstances. In making the assessment, an appellate court examines the errors in context, considers how the district court judge addressed the errors, reviews the nature and number of errors and whether they are connected, and weighs the strength of the evidence. . . . If any of the errors being aggregated are constitutional, the constitutional harmless error test of Chapman applies, and the party benefitting from the errors must establish beyond a reasonable doubt that the cumulative effect of the errors did not affect the outcome. . . . Where, as here, the State benefitted from the errors, it has the burden of establishing the errors were harmless.' State v. Thomas, 311 Kan. 905 , 914, 468 P.3d 323 (2020).”

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