In re Corpus’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “[t]o determine whether a decision should be given retroactive effect, the California courts first undertake a threshold inquiry: does the decision establish a new rule of law? If it does, the new rule may or may not be retroactive ... but if it does not, 'no question of retroactivity arises' because there is no material change in the law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 864 - In re Melvin Hiram Thomas II On Habeas Corpus

2. “it did 'disapprove' of that decision 'to the extent it suggested an expert may properly testify regarding case-specific out-of-court statements without satisfying hearsay rules.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 864 - In re Melvin Hiram Thomas II On Habeas Corpus

3. “After all, Sanchez is but an extension of Crawford ; it merely considered the degree to which Crawford applies in the context of expert testimony,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 241 Cal. Rptr. 3d 864 - In re Melvin Hiram Thomas II On Habeas Corpus