Roberts v. People’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. “justif [y] the conduct on grounds deemed by law to be sufficient to render the participant exempt from criminal responsibility for the consequences of the conduct.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Kenneth Alfonso Gallegos · Thomas Pearson v. The People of the State of Colorado.

2. “[a] n affirmative defense essentially admits the defendant 's commission of the elements of the charged act but seeks to justify, excuse, or mitigate the commission of the act .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Kenneth Alfonso Gallegos

3. “with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm another[, ] . . . [s]trikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person or subjects [them] to physical contact,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas Pearson v. The People of the State of Colorado.