People v. Shaffer’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a witness or a person about to be called as a witness ... upon an agreement or understanding that (a) the testimony of such witness will thereby be influenced,....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“All that is required for a bribery to be complete is the offer or agreement to confer a benefit upon the defendant's agreement or understanding that the witness' testimony will thereby be influenced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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