People v. Oliveras’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. “fail[ing] to provide timely notice pursuant to CPL 250.10, to present evidence of defendant's psychiatric history, to obtain defendant's psychiatric records, [and] to consult an expert to explain the relationship between defendant's psychiatric history and the voluntariness and reliability of his statements”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Silburn

2. “Essential to any representation, and to the attorney's consideration of the best course of action on behalf of the client, is the attorney's investigation of the law, the * facts, and the issues that are relevant to the case”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Lopez-Mendoza

3. “(I)t is elementary that the right to effective representation includes the right to assistance by an attorney who has taken the time to review and prepare both the law and the facts relevant to the defense”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Lopez-Mendoza