Mancuso v. Olivarez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate ·

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

1. “[I]f one is left in grave doubt [about the harmfulness of the error], the conviction cannot stand.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fernando Belmontes, Jr. v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, for the California State Prison at San Quentin · Belmontes v. Brown

2. “`The hell with him saying it looks like me. You know, I don't care about that. That don't mean nothing.'... `Okay. The next one is to get the gun suppressed. If that's suppressed, I got a good, good chance. See, the only thing the jury would hear is this guy saying that I was there, and then hear eight people saying I was not there.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mancuso v. Olivarez

3. “`I ain't in this thing alone. I got a friend sitting outside in a car.' ... `I am going to leave in a few minutes,'... `If you yell or scream or try to get out of here, he's going to come in here and finish you.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mancuso v. Olivarez