People v. Curtis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A person acts ‘knowingly’ .. . with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware that his conduct is of such a nature or that such circumstance exists. A person acts ‘knowingly’ . .. with respect to a result of his conduct, when he is aware his conduct is practically certain to cause the result.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Derrera · People v. Jefferson

2. ““On prior occasions where all the elements of the lesser offense were proved by competent evidence and were included in the jury’s verdict of guilty to the more serious but constitutionally infirm crime, we have vacated the conviction and remanded with directions to enter a judgment of conviction on the lesser offense and to resentence the defendant. People v. Dominguez, 193 Colo. 468 , 568 P.2d 54 (1977); People v. Horrocks, 190 Colo. 501 , 549 P.2d 400 (1976); People v. Webb, 189 Colo. 400 , 542 P.2d 77 (1975); People v. Bowers, 187 Colo. 233 , 530 P.2d 1282 (1974).””

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

3. ““A person acts ‘knowingly’ .. . with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense when he is aware that his conduct is of such nature or that such circumstance exists. A person acts ‘knowingly’ ... with respect to a result of his conduct, when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause the result.””

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