10 E.H. Smith 541 - People v. . Sickles’s Empirical Analysis
1898
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 115 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 133 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2005 · most notably Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000), Almendarez-Torres v. United States (1998)
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 115 state decisions — followed in 19 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Wynehamer v. . the People · Sheppard v. . Steele · Wood v. . People of the State of N.Y. · Johnson v. . People of the State of N.Y. · The People v. . Raymond
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 133 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . The indictment of the person accused of being a second offender must bring the case within the statute by setting forth the facts depended upon for the imposition of the severer punishment prescribed by the Penal Code. [Citing cases.] This is necessary in penal proceedings, in order that the defendant may be clearly informed of the charge which he is called upon to meet. The Code of Criminal Procedure requires it, and it is in accord with all just penal legislation. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the charge is not merely that the prisoner has committed the offense specifically described, but that, as a former convict, his second offense has subjected him to an enhanced penalty”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.