4 Cal. 5th 485 - People v. Garton’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[A]n accomplice's testimony is not corroborated by the circumstance that the testimony is consistent with the victim's description of the crime or physical evidence from the crime scene. Such consistency and knowledge of the details of the crime simply proves the accomplice was at the crime scene, something the accomplice by definition admits . Rather, under section 1111, the corroboration must connect the defendant to the crime independently of the accomplice's testimony. *** And corroborating evidence may not come from, or require aid or assistance from, the testimony of other accomplices or the accomplice himself."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Riley

2. “admission of autopsy photographs , and competent testimony based on such photographs, does not violate the confrontation clause.”

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

3. “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses against him.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. FLOWERS (NORMAN) VS. STATE C/W 55759