State v. Howland’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently April 1995 · most notably Coleman v. Burnett (1973), State v. McCarther (1966)
2 federal appellate · 24 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 8 Cal. App. 420 - Ex Parte Heacock · Foley v. Ham · State v. Bailey · Atchison Street Railway Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. · State v. Pigg
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The enforcement of the criminal laws is important, but in their enforcement it is always to be remembered that it is just as important that the state follow the statutory provision for [the defendant’s] prosecution, as that [the defendant] follow the law for which he is being prosecuted. To take away from him the ‘ benefits and protection which the criminal code grants him is to deprive him of his rights and privileges guaranteed to him under our system of government and should not be tolerated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nolan v. State““. . . It has been said on many occasions that a general finding made by the examining magistrate that an offense has been committed and that there is probable cause to believe the defendant is guilty of its commission is a sufficient compliance with the criminal code. . . .” (p. 357.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jenkins““The term ‘probable cause’ is defined to mean a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cau tious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Huff
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.