People v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. “rule of law that entitles a defendant who is represented by counsel and who has discussed waiver of a jury trial with his counsel, as here, to have the court advise him of the merits or the disadvantages of a trial by jury, as against a court trial. ... It is enough that the court determine that the defendant understands that he is to be tried by the court and not a jury.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623 - People v. Doyle · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 369 - People v. Doyle

2. “THE COURT: It's indicated to the Court that you're waiving your right to a jury trial and having, instead, a bench trial. [¶] Is that what you wish to do?”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623 - People v. Doyle · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 369 - People v. Doyle

3. “[t]here is nothing in the record to support that defendant was confused as to the right to a jury trial or that he did not knowingly waive that right.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 623 - People v. Doyle · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 369 - People v. Doyle