People v. Burroughs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The existence of any prior convictions [in an SVP proceeding] may be shown with documentary evidence ... including, but not limited to, preliminary hearing transcripts, trial transcripts, probation and sentencing reports, and evaluations by the [DSH].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Bocklett · 231 Cal. Rptr. 3d 910 - People v. Flint

2. “any statements the experts made about the contents of those records as 'the basis for their opinions' necessarily were improper under Sanchez . The experts were permitted to rely on those records, and to rely on any reports other experts such as appellant's treating personnel prepared. [Citations.] They could not testify to the contents of those reports, however.”

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

3. “[b]y permitting the use of presentence reports at the SVP proceeding to show the details of the crime, the Legislature necessarily endorsed the use of multiple-level-hearsay statements that do not otherwise fall within a hearsay exception .”

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