People v. Penson’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
October 1965
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 44 Cal. 2d 434 - People v. Cahan · In Re Dixon · Willson v. Superior Court · 45 Cal. 2d 652 - People v. Boyles · Trowbridge v. Superior Court
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A valid arrest may be made solely by reason of information communicated by a reliable informant.”
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.