State v. Yang’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 23 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any ongoing organization, association, or group of three or more persons, whether formal or informal, that: (1) has, as one of its primary activities, the commission of one or more of the offenses listed in section 609.11, subdivision 9; (2) has a common name or common identifying sign or symbol; and (3)includes members who individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern of criminal activity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Vang · State v. Taylor

2. “add precision or depth to the jury's ability to reach conclusions about that subject which is within [the expert's] experience.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Taylor

3. “Because [the expert] was not asked to express an opinion on the ultimate issues in the case,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Taylor