Garcia v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Abuse of a child consists of a person knowingly, intentionally or [recklessly], 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.”

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

2. “[w]e cannot conceive of a strategic reason for [defense counsel's actions].... It is of little comfort that both the prosecution and the trial court appear to have labored under a similar misapprehension of the law”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Miera

3. “knew or should have known of the danger involved and acted with a reckless disregard for the safety or health of the child.”

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