State v. Thomas

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• discussing the problem with appeals to emotion during closing argument

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Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Mendez
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-11-27· cited 109×
• State v. Gallegos
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-04-23· cited 107×
• Khalil-Alsalaami v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-05-14· cited 102×
• State v. Peters
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-09-20· cited 77×
• State v. Bodine
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-05-07· cited 71×
• State v. Alfaro-Valleda
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-01-07· cited 61×
• State v. Waldschmidt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-04-12· cited 50×
• State v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-04-23· cited 40×
• State v. Buck-Schrag
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-12-18· cited 35×
• State v. Coleman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-02-16· cited 17×
• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-03-01· cited 14×
• State v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2024-02-02· cited 10×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2021-10-08· cited 6×
• State v. Hatfield
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2021-04-09· cited 4×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-07-29
• State v. Gleason
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2025-07-03
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2025-11-26
• State v. Horton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2026-04-24

Cites

23 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×
• United States v. Hasting
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-23· cited 1,999×
• State v. Ward
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-07-29· cited 1,316×
• State v. Chandler
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-04-06· cited 299×
• State v. Wetrich
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-03-09· cited 207×
• State v. Lowery
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2018-10-05· cited 154×
• State v. Holt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-10-31· cited 141×
• State v. Vandervort
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2003-07-25· cited 129×
• State v. Murdock
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-04-19· cited 115×
• State v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-08-12· cited 112×
• State v. Akins
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-01-10· cited 105×
• State v. Ruff
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-03-05· cited 96×
• State v. Santos-Vega
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-03-21· cited 91×
• State v. Tully
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2011-09-23· cited 85×
• State v. Obregon
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-06-28· cited 80×
• State v. Longoria
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-03-06· cited 78×
• State v. Sartin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-08-16· cited 68×
• State v. Cosby
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2007-11-09· cited 51×
• State v. Hobbs
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2015-01-16· cited 50×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-01-18· cited 44×