People v. Ayala’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 1993 · most notably Blondes v. State (1975), Gonzalez v. Municipal Court (1973)
32 state decisions
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 People v. Adamson · 25 Cal. 2d 422 - People v. Gilbert · People v. Shorts · In Re McVickers · People v. Reid
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The applicant for the writ 'must show that the facts upon which he relies were not known to him and could not in the exercise of due diligence have been discovered by him at any time substantially earlier than the time of his motion for the writ; otherwise he has stated no ground for relief.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Tannehill“THE COURT: Well, there isn't the slightest question about it in my mind that this defendant was fairly and well represented. There isn't the slightest question about it in my mind, that his motion is not now well taken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Ayala“must proceed as one who is at least prima facie guilty, and he has the burden of producing convincing proof of a fact which constitutes a legal ground for setting aside the judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Tannehill
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.