People v. Aledamat’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"There was no failure of proof-that is, a failure to show through evidence that the box cutter is an 'inherently dangerous' weapon. Instead, a box cutter cannot be an inherently deadly weapon 'as a matter of law.' [Citation.] This is functionally indistinguishable from a situation in which a jury is instructed that a particular felony can be a predicate for felony murder when, as a matter of law, it cannot be." ( Ibid. ) 3”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Stutelberg · 8 Cal. 5th 1 - People v. Aledamat

2. “there is no basis in the record for concluding that the jury relied on the alternative definition of 'deadly weapon' (that is, the definition looking to how a noninherently dangerous weapon was actually used).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Marsh · 8 Cal. 5th 1 - People v. Aledamat

3. “While a knife is not an inherently dangerous or deadly instrument as a matter of law, it may assume such characteristics, depending upon the manner in which it was used ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Stutelberg · 8 Cal. 5th 1 - People v. Aledamat