People v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 3 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Considering Mrs. Sykes’s limited view of the robber, and the long lapse of time and the many intervening events — including the photo array and the lineup— between the crime and the independent source hearing, it was impossible [argued Young] to find by the requisite clear and convincing evidence that the lineup would not influence her in-court identification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 761 F. Supp. 2d 59 - Young v. Conway

2. “Despite the fact that jurors may be familiar from their own experience with factors relevant to the reliability of eyewitness observation and identification, it cannot be said that psychological studies regarding the accuracy of an identification are within the ken of the typical juror”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Boone