People v. Grimes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'In determining whether a statement is truly against interest within the meaning of Evidence Code section 1230, and hence is sufficiently trustworthy to be admissible, the court may take into account not just the words but the circumstances under which they were uttered, the possible motivation of the declarant, and the declarant's relationship to the defendant.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 699 - People v. Gallardo · 247 Cal. Rptr. 3d 247 - People v. Reyes

2. “[w]hether the statement, even if not independently inculpatory of the declarant, is nevertheless against the declarant's interest, such that 'a reasonable man in [the declarant's] position would not have made the statement unless he believed it to be true.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 699 - People v. Gallardo · 218 Cal. Rptr. 3d 892 - People v. Smith

3. “admission of those portions of a confession that, though not independently disserving of the declarant's penal interests, also are not merely 'self-serving,' but 'inextricably tied to and part of a specific statement against penal interest.' [Citation.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 226 Cal. Rptr. 3d 699 - People v. Gallardo · 218 Cal. Rptr. 3d 892 - People v. Smith