Sullivan v. Rg Borg’s Empirical Analysis
1 F.3d 926 · 1993
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schad v. Arizona · 34 Cal. 3d 441 - People v. Dillon · Brulotte Et Al. v. Thys Company · 18 Cal. 3d 873 - People v. Miller · 9 Cal. 3d 185 - People v. Milan
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is sufficiently widespread acceptance of the two mental states [premeditated murder and felony murder] as alternative means of satisfying the mens rea element of the single crime of first-degree murder....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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