5 Cal. 5th 921 - People v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We review a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence 'for abuse of discretion, and [the ruling] will not be disturbed unless there is a showing that the trial court acted in an arbitrary, capricious, or absurd manner resulting in a miscarriage of justice.' [Citation.] When evidence is erroneously admitted, we do not reverse a conviction unless it is reasonably probable that a result more favorable to the defendant would have occurred absent the error.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 7 Cal. 5th 905 - People v. Young

2. “by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she was incapable of knowing or understanding the nature and quality of his or her act and of distinguishing right from wrong at the time of the commission of the offense.”

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

3. “[c]oncerns about the possible 'inflammatory impact' of this type of evidence [citation] were ... alleviated by the nature of the evidence of defendant's guilt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 7 Cal. 5th 905 - People v. Young