People v. Salas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'an opinion is not authority for a proposition not therein considered' "].) We proceed to examine the law to determine whether it applies to the present case. Text of the Statute " 'Under settled canons of statutory construction, in construing a statute we ascertain the Legislature's intent in order to effectuate the law's purpose.' [Citation.] To determine legislative intent, the court's first step in statutory construction is to 'look to the words themselves, giving them their ordinary meanings and construing them in context.' [Citation.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 222 Cal. Rptr. 3d 202 - People v. Pina

2. “(J) Expenses to install or increase residential security incurred related to a violent felony, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 667.5, including, but not limited to, a home security device or system, or replacing or increasing the number of locks.”

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

3. “residential security expenses are recoverable under section 1202.4(f)(3)(J) only when they are 'incurred related to a violent felony, as defined in section 667.5, subdivision (c).'”

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