People v. Perry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It has been held that proof of the falsity of the representation need not necessarily be direct; it is sufficient if the evidence establish facts tending legitimately to show its'falsity. It is said that as defendant is usually in a position to know the truth or falsity of the representation, slight evidence of its falsity is sufficient for his conviction, in the absence of countervailing evidence of its truth.””

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