4 Cal. 5th 647 - People v. Martinez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the mere fact that [ section 182, the conspiracy statute] is not one of the code sections enumerated in Penal Code section 1170.18(a) is not fatal to [a defendant's] petition for resentencing on [his conspiracy] offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Soto · People v. Medina

2. “had Proposition 64 been in effect at the time of the offense. The wording of section 11361.8, however, does not limit postconviction relief to just those sections enumerated in the statute. As our Supreme Court has explained in discussing a substantially similar resentencing provision under Proposition 47,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Boatwright · People v. Medina

3. “the requirement that resentencing occur 'in accordance with' one of the nine code sections listed in Penal Code section 1170.18 [, subdivision] (a) does not make resentencing eligibility contingent upon the petitioner having been convicted under one of those provisions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Boatwright · People v. Martin