19 Cal. 3d 646 - In Re Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
91 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions — most recently May 2012 · most notably 23 Cal. 3d 152 - In Re Rojas (1979), 20 Cal. 3d 639 - People v. Sewell (1978)
91 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 Roberts v. Reilly · Arthur Appleyard v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · 11 Cal. 3d 542 - In Re Kapperman · 32 Cal. App. 3d 68 - In Re Young · 11 Cal. 3d 554 - In Re Grey
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Section 2900.5] ... pertains to the pretrial incarceration of a person charged with crime but not yet tried much less convicted, and therefore clothed with the presumption of innocence. To implement the underlying philosophy of section 2900.5, the courts have therefore given the term `custody' as used in that section a liberal interpretation. ( In re Jordan (1975) 50 Cal. App.3d 155, 157-158 [ 123 Cal. Rptr. 268 ], presentence time credit for time spent in federal medical center; People v. Meals (1975) 48 Cal. App.3d 215, 226 [ 121 Cal. Rptr. 742 ], presentence time credit although defendant also on parole hold prior to sentencing.) ... "The crucial element of the statute is not where or under what conditions the defendant has been deprived of his liberty but rather whether the custody to which he has been subjected `is attributable to charges arising from the same criminal act or acts for which the defendant has been convicted.' (§ 2900.5, subd. (b).) In recognition of this element the courts have placed the emphasis on the fact of the defendant's custody prior to the commencement of his sentence regardless of the particular locale, institution, facility or environment of his incarceration....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In all felony . . . convictions . . . when the defendant has been in custody, including, but not limited to, any time spent in a jail, camp, work furlough facility, halfway house, rehabilitation facility, hospital, prison, juvenile detention facility, or similar residential institution, all days of custody of the defendant, including days served as a condition of probation in compliance with a court order, and including days credited to the period of confinement pursuant to Section 4019, shall be credited upon his or her term of imprisonment. . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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