4 Cal. 5th 421 - People v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis

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25 state decisions

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

1. “While [the testifying pathologist] relied on hearsay forming his opinion, he is permitted to do so under Sanchez and Evidence Code section 802. [Citation.] The jury would have thus heard [his] opinion about the cause of death even if the trial court had denied admission of the challenged hearsay statements. So we conclude that any error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 246 Cal. Rptr. 3d 843 - People v. Gonzales

2. “' [Citation.] But the evidence must nonetheless connect the defendant to the crime itself, rather than simply connect the accomplice to the crime.”

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

3. “'[I]n reviewing a trial court's denial of a defendant's motion for individual sequestered jury selection, we apply the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 6 Cal. 5th 632 - People v. Westerfield