People v. Berry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he rule ... should be understood in all cases to require the trial court to inquire specifically of the defendant separately whether he or she wishes to address the court before the sentence is imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Petit

2. “(2) give defendant and his lawyer a reasonable opportunity to advise the court of any circumstances they believe the court should consider in imposing sentence;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Petit

3. “an important and integral aspect of the truth-discovery purpose of the criminal justice process....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Petit