State v. Guerrero’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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The evidence did not suggest the commission of another crime. But it did degrade defendant as a probable narcotics user. To that extent the evidence was prejudicial. Nevertheless, it also established a compelling motive for defendant to attempt to enter a drug store. Accordingly, the evidence had real probative value and it was proper to have admitted it.” (p. 617.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ralph