People v. Fuller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Sjince defendant’s testimony constituted some evidence in support of his theory that the officers used, or were about to use, excessive force, and that he was entitled to assert self-defense, it was reversible error for the trial court to refuse to give the requested instruction.”

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