Cervantes v. Cates’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[p]rovided that defense counsel, like the police, prosecutors and court personnel use the material solely for their investigation, prosecution, defense and resolution of the case at hand, neither their possession of it nor the State's copying of it solely for such purposes should expose them to criminal liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dist. Ct.(Epperson)

2. “child pornography laws were not aimed at prohibiting defense counsel from preparing for trial, but to prohibit the spread of child pornography.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dist. Ct.(Epperson)