People v. Padilla’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The cause is remanded to the trial court with directions that the trial court consider such evidence as defendant may wish to present in an attempt to show that his untimely attack on these prior convictions was the result of justifiable excuse or excusable neglect. Should the court conclude that defendant’s untimely attack was not the result of justifiable excuse or excusable neglect, then subject to an appeal of that decision, defendant’s sentence is affirmed. Should the court determine that defendant’s untimely filing was, in fact, the result of justifiable excuse or excusable neglect, then the court must determine the validity of defendant’s allegations that the prior convictions were obtained in violation of his constitutional rights. In the event either or both of the prior convictions at issue [6] are determined to have been so obtained, defendant must be resentenced based on that determination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Padilla