People v. Patnode’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “shall apply to acts committed on or after”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Summers · People v. Warner

2. “When conducting an abbreviated proportionality review under the habitual criminal statute, a reviewing court must seru-tinize the offenses in question to determine 'whether in combination they are so lacking in gravity or seriousness' so as to suggest that the sentence is grossly disproportionate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. People v. Gallegos

3. “Here, the General Assembly reduced the [driving] offense from a felony to a misdemeanor, In our view, this indicates the General Assembly's conclusion that the offense is not grave and serious.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. People v. Foster