State v. Sanchez-Diaz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “specify a minimum number of incidents which must be proven in order to find a 'pattern'[,] ... a lone act ... cannot constitute a pattern.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Clark · People v. Weeks

2. “We recognize that the facts of this case do not demonstrate a past pattern of abuse as clearly as the facts of our past decisions. However, the choking and multiple slapping incidents, considered together with the evidence of the pervasive nature of the abuse in the relationship, are adequate to demonstrate a past pattern of abuse.”

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

3. “Instead, the errors were pointed out to the jury through testimony, corrected transcripts, arguments, and instructions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baltazar-Monterrosa v. State