People v. Riley’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. “€œInstructions which accurately track the language of the statute and pattern instructions are generally sufficient.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Komar · People v. Gallegos

2. “The totality of the cirenmstances, including the number of person[(s] reasonably appearing to be threatening the defendant, must be considered by the jury in evaluating the reasonableness of the defendant's belief in the necessity of defensive action, and the reasonableness of the force used by him to defend against the apparent danger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riley v. People

3. “[uln-like in Jones, neither the prosecutor nor the court suggested to the jury that it could not properly take into account defendant's evidence that he had to defend himself against multiple assailants and was entitled to use a degree of force he reasonably believed necessary for that purpose.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riley v. People