People v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “show that there [was] a reasonable view of the evidence in the particular case that would support a finding that he committed the lesser included offense but not the greater”

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

2. “[i]n determining whether such a reasonable view exists, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to [the] defendant”

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

3. “would [have] * force[d] the jury to resort to sheer speculation”

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