People v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “The court properly refused to charge assault in the third degree as a lesser included offense of assault in the second degree. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the defendant, we find that defendant’s own testimony that he acted in self-defense negated any claim of reckless conduct, and that there was no reasonable view of the evidence that would support a finding that defendant committed assault in the third degree and not assault in the second degree.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 806 F. Supp. 420 - Walker v. Speckard

2. “Defendant’s contention that a 12-year-old robbery conviction was too remote for use on cross-examination was not raised during the Sandoval hearing. Thus, that issue ... was not preserved, and ... has no merit. We decline to reach [this] unpreserved issue in the interest of justice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 806 F. Supp. 420 - Walker v. Speckard