2 Cal. 5th 903 - People v. Romanowski’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

139 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 139 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Notwithstanding Section 487 or any other provision of law defining grand theft, obtaining any property by theft where the value of the money, labor, real or personal property taken does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) shall be considered petty theft and shall be punished as a misdemeanor ....”

   14 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3 Cal. 5th 1175 - People v. Page · People v. E.P. (In re E.P.)

2. “'[a]n evidentiary hearing is required if ... there is a reasonable likelihood that the petitioner may be entitled to relief and the petitioner's entitlement to relief depends on the resolution of an issue of fact.'”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Soto · People v. Simms

3. “Every person who acquires or retains possession of access card account information with respect to an access card validly issued to another person, without the cardholder's or issuer's consent, with the intent to use it fraudulently, is guilty of grand theft.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Warmington · People v. Soto