Fields v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
3
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. State · Burns v. State · Terry v. State · Stevens v. State
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ACCESSORIES AND PRINCIPALS. The distinction between principals and accessories before the fact is hereby abolished, and all accessories before the fact shall be deemed principals and punished as such. In any case of felony, when the evidence justifies, one indicted as principal may be convicted as an accessory after the fact; if indicted as accessory after the fact, he may be convicted as principal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rush v. State“The mere passive failure to disclose the commission of the crime would not make one an accessory under our statute. There must be some affirmative act tending toward the concealment of its commission or a refusal to give knowledge of the commission of the crime, when same is sought for by the officials of the person having such knowledge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Russey v. State
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.