People v. Patrick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “€œTo support such a claim, it is imperative that the trial court make some factual record that indicates what causes the statute to be unconstitutional as applied.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Mountjoy · People v. Devorss

2. “[I)t is imperative that there be some factual record made by the trial court which states why ... the statute is unconstitutional as applied.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Mountjoy · People v. Allman

3. “[Wle cannot determine the as-applied constitutionality of a statute based upon an incomplete record of the facts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Devorss · People v. DeWitt