State v. Juan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the defendant could not have committed the greater offense in the manner described in the charging document without also committing the lesser offense, and therefore notice of the greater offense necessarily incorporates notice of the lesser offense; (2) the evidence adduced at trial is sufficient to sustain a conviction on the lesser offense; and (3) the elements that distinguish the lesser and greater offenses are sufficiently in dispute such that a jury rationally could acquit on the greater offense and convict on the lesser.”

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

2. “[W]hen a jury requests clarification regarding the legal principles governing a case, the trial court has a duty to respond promptly and completely to the jury's inquiry.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. GONZALEZ (ERNESTO) VS. STATE

3. “Life sentences have always been understood to be different from a sentence for a term of years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ira v. Janecka