People v. Ebbert’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. “warranting a lawyer's disbarment). The cireumstances of this particular offense, however, coupled with defendant's criminal background, were aggravated. Defendant, a previously convicted sex offender, had recent convictions for attempted sexual assault on a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was on parole for less than a month when he committed the instant offenses. Those prior convictions, moreover, involved conduct similar to that underlying this case. © Defendant tries to minimize his current offense as simply”

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

2. “Iplossession of cocaine, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, both felonies, are serious crimes”

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

3. “because he did not provide either the legal services agreed to or refund the unused part”

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