State v. Lopez-Rios’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Ejxpert testimony must assist the jury to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue. The district court should scrutinize proffered gang expert testimony, preferably outside the presence of the jury, and exclude it where irrelevant, confusing, or otherwise unhelpful. Such testimony must add precision or depth to the jury’s ability to reach conclusions about matters that are not within its experience. Moreover, this testimony must be carefully monitored by the court so that the testimony will not unduly influence the jury or dissuade it from exercising its independent judgment. * * * [Ejxpert testimony should be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Burrell · State v. Taylor

2. “In a crime committed for the benefit of a gang, the underlying crime is an included crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walker

3. “one offense and a lesser-included offense on the basis of the same criminal act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Walker