2 Cal. 3d 180 - People v. Sears’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 333 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 340 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably 10 Cal. 3d 703 - People v. Sedeno (1974), 25 Cal. 3d 668 - People v. Flannel (1979)
4 federal appellate · 333 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 70 Cal. 2d 522 - People v. Ireland · People v. Washington · People v. Phillips · 1 Cal. 3d 431 - People v. Wilson · People v. Sears
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 340 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“relating particular facts [of his case] to any legal issue.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In determining whether or not reasonable doubt exists as to whether the crimes of rape were committed, as alleged, you may consider any of the following evidence: “1. That the alleged rape was not reported until Aug. 27, 1969. “2. That the complainant made no attempt to flee, although she was left entirely alone on at least one occasion. “3. That the complainant was seen embracing Tony Hernandez over two weeks after the first alleged rape. “4. That the complainant received articles purchased with forged checks and did not report the alleged rape until taken into custody and questioned about the checks and being informed that she was being accused of having stolen the checks. “5. The complainant’s inconsistent and varied versions of when, where and how many times the alleged rapes occurred. “6. Any other evidence tending to establish a reasonable doubt.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Hernandez“The unlawful killing of a human being, whether intentional, unintentional or accidental, which occurs during the commission or attempted commission of the crime of robbery is murder of the first degree when the perpetrator had the specific intent to commit that crime. [¶] The specific intent to commit robbery and the commission or attempted commission of such crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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.