People v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Because the state bore the burden of proving Johnson's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, proof the print's maker could not be determined would have been helpful to Johnson, by throwing doubt on the People's case. The trial court's refusal to allow discovery denied Johnson valuable information which he could have used to cross-examine, impeach the expert who testified against him, and argue more vigorously the People's failure to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

2. “[n]othing in the record permits the conclusion these experts were with the LAPD, or were readily available to Johnson.”

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

3. “Here, Johnson's requested discovery could have led to information highly beneficial to him.”

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