People v. Conley’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 121 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 13 Cal. 4th 497 - People v. Superior Court (Romero) · 63 Cal. 2d 740 - In Re Estrada · 25 Cal. 3d 436 - People v. Wende · 7 Cal. 4th 206 - People v. Colantuono · 31 Cal. 4th 179 - People v. Floyd
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 125 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Estrada rule rests on an inference that, in the absence of contrary indications, a legislative body ordinarily intends for ameliorative changes to the criminal law to extend as broadly as possible, distinguishing only as necessary between sentences that are final and sentences that are not.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“unlike the statute at issue in Estrada , supra , 63 Cal.2d 740 [ 48 Cal.Rptr. 172 , 408 P.2d 948 ], the Reform Act [was] not silent on the question of retroactivity. Rather, the Act expressly addresse[d] the question in [its resentencing provision], the sole purpose of which is to extend the benefits of the Act retroactively.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Because the Estrada rule reflects a presumption about legislative intent, rather than a constitutional command, the Legislature ... may choose to modify, limit, or entirely forbid the retroactive application of ameliorative criminal law amendments if it so chooses.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.