People v. Pernell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the event was sufficiently startling to render normal reflective thought processes of the observer inoperative; (2) the statement was a spontaneous reaction to the event; and (3) direct or circumstantial evidence exists to allow the jury to infer that the declarant had the opportunity to observe the startling event.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. The People of the State of Colorado v. Robert Keith Ray.

2. “I know, I know. That's the reason I got rid of [the gun] and I, I promise you that my word that that is done.”

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

3. “'several independent interludes of reflective thought' that rendered her statements less than spontaneous.”

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