People v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The credibility of a witness and the weight to be given to his testimony are, of course, issues solely for the jury or trier of facts. (People v. Marble, 8 Cal.2d 139, 141 [ 64 P.2d 135 ]; People v. Voice, 68 Cal.App.2d 610, 614 [ 157 P.2d 436 ]; People v. Santora, 51 Cal.App.2d 707 , 711 and 712 [ 125 P.2d 606 ].) It is only where the testimony relied upon by the prosecution is so inherently improbable as to amount to no evidence at all that an appellate court is authorized to reverse a judgment (People v. Stephens, 66 Cal.App.2d 755, 757 [ 152 P.2d 1019 ]; People v. Moreno, 26 Cal.App.2d 334, 336 [ 79 P.2d 390 ]), and contradictions or inconsistencies in the testimony of a witness do not render it inherently improbable within this rule. People v. Carlisle, 66 Cal.App.2d 874, 876 [ 153 P.2d 401 ]; People v. Moreno, supra.””

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

2. “An invalid provision that an act shall take effect immediately does not impair the validity of the remainder of the statute, as it may take effect at the regular time appointed by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 108 Wash. 2d 344 - State v. Hayes