People v. Cartwright’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably 16 Cal. 4th 547 - People v. Dotson (1997), 29 Cal. 4th 105 - People v. Acosta (2002)
63 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 Solem v. Helm · Harmelin v. Michigan · 34 Cal. 3d 441 - People v. Dillon · 8 Cal. 3d 410 - In Re Lynch · 5 Cal. 4th 382 - DuBois v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(i) Three times the term otherwise provided as punishment for each current felony conviction subsequent to the two or more prior felony convictions. “(ii) Imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years. “(iii) The term determined by the court pursuant to Section 1170 for the underlying conviction, including any enhancement applicable under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 1170) of Title 7 of Part 2, or any period prescribed by Section 190 or 3046.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“An addition or subtraction ... of the duties ... which does not substantially affect the primary duties of [an] office, is not such a change of duties as would prevent immediate effectiveness of legislation properly declared to be urgent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Kinsey“If a defendant has two or more prior felony convictions ... the term for the current felony conviction shall be an indeterminate term of life imprisonment with a minimum term of ... (ii) Imprisonment in the state prison for 25 years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Kinsey
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.