People v. Rainer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “rule announced in Graham is a new substantive rule that should be applied retroactively to all cases involving juvenile offenders under the age eighteen at the time of the offense, including those cases on collateral review.”

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

2. “We decline to consider new arguments made by the People during oral argument that were not made either in the trial court or in the People's answer brief on appeal.”

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

3. “The summary denial of a Crim. P. 35(c) motion for postconviction relief without a hearing presents a question of law we review de novo.”

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