People v. Varner’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. “(a) Every person who buys or receives any motor vehicle, ... that has been stolen or that has been obtained in any manner constituting theft or extortion, knowing the property to be stolen or obtained, or who conceals, sells, withholds, or aids in concealing, selling, or withholding any motor vehicle, trailer, special construction equipment, or vessel from the owner, knowing the property to be so stolen or obtained, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 for 16 months or two or three years or a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both.”

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

2. “the drafters [of Proposition 47] intended section 496d to remain intact and intended for the prosecution to retain its discretion to charge section 496d offenses as felonies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 559 - People v. Orozco

3. “no indication that the drafters of Proposition 47 intended to include section 496d.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 559 - People v. Orozco