21 Cal. 4th 197 - People v. Nguyen’s Empirical Analysis

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48 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`the term otherwise provided as punishment,'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 86 Cal. App. 4th 1126 - People v. Riggs · 25 Cal. 4th 136 - People v. Murphy

2. “a circumstance necessarily involving a prior conviction. I would apply the plain language of the statute. NOTES [*] Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rules 976(b) and 976.1, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of Part I of the Discussion. [1] All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated. [**] See footnote*, ante. [3] The version of section 1170.1 in effect at the time the crime was committed provided in pertinent part:”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 86 Cal. App. 4th 1126 - People v. Riggs · 85 Cal. App. 4th 327 - People v. Riggs

3. “The issue presented here is how this consecutive sentence calculation is affected by the Three Strikes law, which provides that for a defendant with one prior conviction for a `strike' (a violent or serious felony) `the determinate term . . . shall be twice the term otherwise provided as punishment for the current felony conviction.' (§§ 667, subd. (e)(1), 1170.12, subd. (c)(1).)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 86 Cal. App. 4th 1126 - People v. Riggs · 85 Cal. App. 4th 327 - People v. Riggs