People v. Carbajal’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Legislature has set forth in prescriptive detail the procedures that trial courts must follow in receiving a jury verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Valenzuela · People v. Bailey

2. “Such a right exists because the State with all its resources and power should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense and ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he may be found guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of New Hampshire v. Osahenrumwen Ojo

3. “the trial court is constitutionally obligated to afford the jury an opportunity to render a partial verdict of acquittal on a greater offense when the jury is deadlocked only on an uncharged lesser included offense. Failure to do so will cause a subsequently declared mistrial to be without legal necessity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 6 Cal. 5th 1077 - People v. Aranda