Santillanes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 4 district · 182 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 194 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] person knowingly, intentionally or negligently, and without justifiable cause, causing or permitting a child to be: (1) placed in a situation that may endanger the child’s life or health; (2) tortured, cruelly confined or cruelly punished; or (3) exposed to the inclemency of the weather.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 673 F. Supp. 2d 1307 - Herrera v. City of Albuquerque · State v. Gonzales

2. “[i]t is highly unlikely that this jury did not have a correct understanding of the instructions [because] [t]he facts of this case leave little room for speculation as to whether shaking Matthew endangered his life or whether the Petitioner should have known of the danger involved and acted with reckless disregard of that danger.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Gonzales · State v. Mascarenas

3. “[t]he issue of retroactive effect arises only when a court's decision overturns prior case law or makes new law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. J.S. v. P.K. · In Re IK