76 Cal. App. 4th 1137 - People v. Stanfill’s Empirical Analysis

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31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] defendant forfeits the right to complain on appeal of conviction of a time-barred lesser included offense where the charged offense was not time-barred and the defendant either requested or acquiesced in the giving of instructions on the lesser offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Meza · 2011 UT App 318 - State v. Jackson

2. “may remain quiet about a limitations problem, avoid the ritual of a formal waiver and then, as an ace up his sleeve, secure reversal on the theory he never expressly waived. This is an unconscionable result that calls for a forfeiture rule”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Meza · 98 Cal. App. 4th 1331 - BAILON v. Superior Court

3. “Conviction, by plea or otherwise, of a lesser offense than the one charged involves separate concerns and problems not present here. Issues regarding lesser offenses may arise in a variety of factual contexts. We express no opinion on the proper resolution of any such questions but leave them for future appellate courts to decide in cases that actually present them. Today's decision involves only a conviction of a charged offense that, so far as the face of the charging document shows, is untimely.”

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