State v. Torrez’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
5
states following
August 2024
most recently cited
50 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · State v. Torres · United States v. Hankey · State v. Chamberlain · State v. Alberico
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“courts must be vigilant in guarding against the improper use of gang affiliation evidence 'as a backdoor means of introducing character evidence by associating the defendant with the gang and describing the gang's bad acts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'attach a propensity for committing crimes to defendants who are affiliated with gangs or [allow its] negative feelings toward gangs [to] influence its verdict'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Trujillo
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.