People v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “... In view of the contentions made by defendant, the photographs of Mitchell's condition were relevant to the issue of whether or not the shod feet of defendant had been used as a deadly weapon in inflicting the injuries.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Washington · 243 Cal. App. 2d 681 - People v. Washington

2. “In the determination of whether an instrument not inherently deadly or dangerous assumes such characteristics, recourse may be had to the nature of the object or instrument, the manner of its use, the location on the body of injuries inflicted, and the extent of such injuries. [Citation.] Thus it has been held that a shod foot, although not a weapon in the strict sense, is capable under the above rule of being used as such. [Citation.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 243 Cal. App. 2d 681 - People v. Washington