State v. Perea’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 8 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “INSTRUCTION NO. 6 For you to find the defendant guilty of an attempt to commit the crime of second degree murder the State must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant intended to commit the crime of second degree murder; 2. The defendant began to do an act which constituted a substantial part of second degree murder but failed to commit second degree murder; 3. This happened in New Mexico on or about the 13th day of March, 2004. INSTRUCTION NO. 7 In New Mexico, the elements of the crime of second degree murder are as follows: 1. The defendant killed Rebecca Carrasco; 2. The defendant knew that his acts created a strong probability of death or great bodily harm to Rebecca Carrasco[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carrasco

2. “that an essential element of the crime of retaliation against a witness is that the retaliation must be threatened for 'information relating to the commission or possible commission of a felony offense,' ” id. Ex. D at 2, but noted that the jury had been required to make such a finding. To the extent that Mr. Torres argued that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Torres v. Lytle