People v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “' no offender who has committed a specified severe crime ... could be resentenced or have their conviction changed .'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Casillas · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 871 - People v. Hatt

2. “"(f) A person who has completed his or her sentence for a conviction, whether by trial or plea, of a felony or felonies who would have been guilty of a misdemeanor under this [A]ct had this [A]ct been in effect at the time of the offense, may file an application before the trial court that entered the judgment of conviction in his or her case to have the felony conviction or convictions designated as misdemeanors. "(g) If the application satisfies the criteria in subdivision (f), the court shall designate the felony offense or offenses as a misdemeanor. [¶] ... [¶] "(i) The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons who have one or more prior convictions for an offense specified in ... [s]ection 667 [, subd. (e)(2)(C)(iv) ]...."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Casillas · 234 Cal. Rptr. 3d 554 - People v. Smit

3. “'prior conviction[ ],' as used in section 1170.18, subdivision (i), refers to a conviction suffered any time before the court's ruling on an application to have a felony conviction [redesignated] a misdemeanor.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Casillas · 228 Cal. Rptr. 3d 871 - People v. Hatt