State v. Maestas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• \[E]vidence need not be strong or conclusive to warrant the [lesser included offense] instruction.\
• \[E]vidence need not be strong or conclusive to warrant the [lesser included offense] instruction.\
• reviewing previous version of intellectual disability statute, K.S.A. 21-4634

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-04-27· cited 266×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-11-06· cited 152×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-08-05· cited 95×
• State v. Lloyd
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-05-30· cited 68×
• VIRGER v. THE STATE (Two Cases)
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 62×
• Kahler v. Kansas
  Supreme Court· 2020-03-23· cited 60×
• Virger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2019-02-18· cited 59×
• State v. Thurber
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-06-15· cited 55×
• State v. Waldschmidt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-04-12· cited 50×
• Smith v. Schriro
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-02-04· cited 19×
• State v. Blackwell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2017-05-31· cited 19×
• State v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-02-04· cited 15×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-08-21· cited 13×
• State v. Knighten
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2015-04-24· cited 11×
• State v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-08-06· cited 11×
• State v. Hunt
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2021-12-17· cited 7×
• State v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-05-14· cited 6×
• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-09-30
• State v. Corbin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2016-12-23
• State v. Cherry
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2025-07-18

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• State v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-07-29· cited 1,316×
• State v. Gunby
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2006-10-27· cited 340×
• State v. McCullough
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-03-02· cited 273×
• State v. Herbel
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-04-05· cited 154×
• Miller v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-10-05· cited 136×
• State v. Bridges
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-08-09· cited 133×
• State v. Gonzalez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-06-18· cited 109×
• State v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2001-04-20· cited 100×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-12-11· cited 88×
• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-07-27· cited 81×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1997-03-07· cited 78×
• State v. White
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2005-04-22· cited 77×
• State v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-10-26· cited 62×
• Mitchell v. City of Wichita
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-10-27· cited 61×
• State v. Murray
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-01-18· cited 60×
• State v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2000-07-14· cited 53×
• State v. Cravatt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-05-04· cited 49×