6 Kan. App. 2d 556 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is only when the instructions as a whole would mislead the jury, or cause them to speculate, that additional terms should be defined. A term which is widely used and which is readily comprehensible need not have a defining instruction. A word or phrase which persons of common intelligence and understanding can comprehend is not one which requires definition.” 6 Kan. App. 2d at 561 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 28 Kan. App. 2d 690 - State v. Phelps

2. ““Aggravated burglary is knowingly and without authority entering into or remaining within any building, mobile home, tent or other structure, or any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, railroad car or other means of conveyance of persons or property in which there is some human being, with intent to commit a felony or theft therein.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 10 Kan. App. 2d 470 - State v. Mogenson

3. “remaining within refers to the situation where defendant's initial entry is authorized, but at some later time that person's presence becomes unauthorized.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bradley