People v. Groomes’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 45 Cal. 3d 727 - Lungren v. Deukmejian · 25 Cal. 3d 754 - People v. Harvey · 18 Cal. 3d 796 - People v. Edwards · 20 Cal. 3d 678 - People v. Warner · 43 Cal. 3d 984 - People v. Jeffers
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) A person who is convicted of an offense specified in subdivision (c) under one or more of the circumstances specified in subdivision (d) or under two or more of the circumstances specified in subdivision (e) shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life and shall not be eligible for release on parole for 25 years except as provided in subdivision (j). “(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), a person who is convicted of an offense specified in subdivision (c) under one of the circumstances specified in subdivision (e) shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life and shall not be eligible for release on parole for 15 years except as provided in subdivision (j). “(c) This section shall apply to any of the following offenses: HQ ... [ID (7) A violation of subdivision (a) of Section 288, unless the defendant qualifies for probation under subdivision (c) of Section 1203.066. “(d) The following circumstances shall apply to the offenses specified in subdivision (c): HQ (1) The defendant has been previously convicted of an offense specified in subdivision (c) . . . . HQ (2) The defendant kidnapped the victim of the present offense and the movement of the victim substantially increased the risk of harm to the victim over and above that level of risk necessarily inherent in the underlying offense in subdivision (c). HQ (3) The defendant inflicted aggravated mayhem or torture on the victim or another person in the commission of the present offe”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Woodward
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.