People v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “• the circumstances evidence an attitude of universal malice manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life generally; • the person knowingly engages in conduct that creates a grave risk of death to a person, or persons, other than himself; and • the person thereby causes the death of another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Reynolds

2. “[A] trial court has wide latitude, insofar as the Confrontation Clause is concerned, to place reasonable limits on cross-examination based on concerns about, for example, harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, the witness' safety, or interrogation which is repetitive or only marginally relevant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Ewing

3. “When material new matters are brought out on redirect examination, the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment mandates that the opposing party be given the right of recross-examination on those new matters.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Ewing