People v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
96 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably People v. Cooper (2001), People v. Bloom (1978)
96 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 63 Cal. 2d 740 - In Re Estrada · People v. Oliver · State v. Pardon · People v. Herrera · 25 Utah 2d 230 - Belt v. Turner
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A. The provisions of this act shall govern the construction of and punishment for any offense defined in this act and committed after its effective date. B. Except as otherwise expressly provided, or unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this act shall govern the construction of and punishment for any offense defined outside this act and committed after its effective date. C. The provisions of this act do not apply to or govern the construction of and punishment for any offense committed before the effective date of this act, or the construction and application of any defense to a prosecution for such an offense. Such an offense must be construed and punished according to the provisions of law existing at the time of the commission thereof in the same manner as if this act had not been enacted.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Williams · People v. Boyd“[t]he view that amendatory legislation mitigating the penalties for crimes should be applied to any case which has not received final judgment finds substantial support in the common law[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Schuler v. State · People v. Boyd“there has been a significant change in the law, applied to appellant’s conviction or sentence, allowing in the interests of justice retroactive application of the changed legal standard” as permitting application of changed legal standards”
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.