3 Cal. 5th 1175 - People v. Page’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

102 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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A defendant seeking resentencing under section 1170.18 bears the burden of establishing his or her eligibility, including by providing in the petition a statement of personally known facts necessary to eligibility.”

   14 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Gutierrez · 7 Cal. 5th 415 - People v. Valenzuela

2. “"By its terms, Proposition 47's new petty theft provision, section 490.2, covers the theft form of the Vehicle Code section 10851 offense. As noted, section 490.2, subdivision (a), mandates misdemeanor punishment for a defendant who 'obtain[ed] any property by theft' where the property is worth no more than $950. An automobile is personal property. 'As a result, after the passage of Proposition 47, an offender who obtains a car valued at less than $950 by theft must be charged with petty theft and may not be charged as a felon under any other criminal provision.' ( People v . Van Orden (2017) 9 Cal.App.5th 1277 , 1288, 215 Cal.Rptr.3d 642 , review granted June 14, 2017, S241574 ....)" ( Page , supra , 3 Cal.5th at p. 1183 , 225 Cal.Rptr.3d 786 , 406 P.3d 319 .)”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. D.N. (In re D.N.) · People v. Gutierrez

3. “"(a) Notwithstanding Section 487 or any other provision of law defining grand theft, obtaining any property by theft where the value of the money, labor, real or personal property taken does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars ($950) shall be considered petty theft and shall be punished as a misdemeanor, except that such person may instead be punished pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 if that person has one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in clause (iv) of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 667 or for an offense requiring registration pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 290."”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Gutierrez · People v. Sanders