68 Cal. App. 4th 1009 - People v. Scheer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[m]otive is an intermediate fact which may be probative of such ultimate issues as intent [citation], identity [citation], or commission of the criminal act itself [citation].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 911 - People v. Megown · 28 Cal. 4th 334 - People v. Lewis

2. ““The defendant is accused in Count Three of having committed the crime of felony hit and run, in violation of Section 20001 (a)(b)(l) of the Vehicle code, m... m “Every person who, as a driver of any vehicle, is knowingly involved in an accident resulting in injury to any other person other than himself must, one, immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident. “Two, give his name, current residence address, registration number of the vehicle he is driving, and the name and current address of the owner of the vehicle to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident and the driver or injured occupant of the driver’s vehicle shall, upon request, if available, exhibit his or her driver’s license to such person—persons or officer. “Three, render reasonable assistance to any person injured in the accident, including the transportation or making arrangements for the transportation of any injured person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or that transportation is requested by the injured person. “A willful failure of a driver of any vehicle to comply with any one of these duties when involved in an accident resulting in injury is a violation of Vehicle Code section 20000(a)(b)(l) [ric] of a crime. “The word ‘knowingly’ means that the driver of the vehicle involved knew that an accident had occu”

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

3. “'[T]he intermediate fact of motive' may be established by evidence of 'prior dissimilar crimes.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 238 Cal. Rptr. 3d 911 - People v. Megown