People v. Downing’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
December 2007
most recently cited
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extensively impeached [Mells’s] credibility through other background factors, in- eluding her lengthy criminal record. Had the defense revealed that the name she gave at trial differed from the legal name she gave in connection with certain of her arrests, the impact of this discrepancy would not have changed the outcome under these circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Downing v. Connell
How this case has been treated — in progress
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