37 Cal. 3d 216 - People v. Avalos’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
148 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 149 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably 9 Cal. 4th 331 - People v. Scott (1994), 53 Cal. 3d 522 - People v. Wharton (1991)
148 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · 46 Cal. 2d 818 - People v. Watson · 2 Cal. 3d 118 - People v. Marsden · 23 Cal. 3d 412 - People v. Pope · People v. Green
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 149 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to determine whether error by the trial court in relying upon improper factors in aggravation [or in imposing consecutive sentences] requires remanding for resentencing[,] 'the reviewing court must determine if "it is reasonably probable that a result more favorable to the appealing party would have been reached in the absence of the error.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he existence of some conceivable tactical purpose will not support a finding that defense counsel invited an error in instructions. The record must reflect that counsel had a deliberate tactical purpose.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]t is not reasonably probable that a more favorable sentence would have been imposed in the absence of the error.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.