People v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “conviction for keeping or maintaining a drug house, MCL 333.7405(1)(d), a misdemeanor punishable by up to 2 years in prison, when enhanced under the habitual offender statute, MCL 769.10, constitute[s] a predicate felony for purposes of the offense of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People of Michigan v. Tarone Devon Washington

2. “trial court erred when it instructed the jury that resisting arrest could establish the felony element of the felony-firearm charge”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People of Michigan v. Tarone Devon Washington

3. “provisions of the Penal Code govern whether resisting arrest is a felony for purposes of the felony-firearm statute”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People of Michigan v. Tarone Devon Washington