People v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) every photograph of such person and photographic plate or proof, and all palmprints and fingerprints taken or made of such person pursuant to the provisions of this article in regard to the action or proceeding terminated ... and all duplicates and copies thereof shall forthwith be returned to such person, or to the attorney who represented him at the time of the termination of the action or proceeding, at the address given by such person or attorney during the action or proceeding, by the division of criminal justice services and by any police department or law enforcement agency having any such photograph, photographic plate or proof, palmprint or fingerprints in its possession or under its control.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 611 F. Supp. 481 - Anderson v. City of New York

2. “The legislative history of CPL 160.50 does not at all support an intent on the part of the Legislature to create a constitutionally derived right____ Indeed, the over-all scheme of the enactment demonstrates that the legislative objective was to remove any ‘stigma’ flowing from an accusation of criminal conduct terminated in favor of the accused, thereby affording protection ... to such accused in the pursuit of employment, education, professional licensing and insurance opportunities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 26 F. Supp. 2d 433 - Pritzker v. City of Hudson