4 Cal. 5th 1071 - People v. Adelmann’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Enacted in 2014, Proposition 47, known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act ..., 'reduc[ed] penalties for certain theft and drug offenses by amending existing statutes.' [Citation.] 'One of Proposition 47's primary purposes is to reduce the number of nonviolent offenders in state prisons, thereby saving money and focusing prison on offenders considered more serious under the terms of the initiative.'”

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

2. “A person who, on November 5, 2014, was serving a sentence for a conviction, whether by trial or plea, of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under the act that added this section ('this act') had this act been in effect at the time of the offense may petition for a recall of sentence before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in his or her case to request resentencing in accordance with Sections 11350, 11357, or 11377 of the Health and Safety Code, or Section 459.5, 473, 476a, 490.2, 496, or 666 of the Penal Code, as those sections have been amended or added by this act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 7 Cal. 5th 415 - People v. Valenzuela

3. “'later enactments supersede earlier ones [citation], and more specific provisions take precedence over' the more general.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Jenson