22 Cal. 4th 304 - People v. Snyder’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 42 Cal. 3d 891 - People v. Overstreet · 22 Cal. 3d 208 - AMADOR VALLEY JT. UN. HIGH SCH. v. State Bd. of Equal. · Amador Valley Joint Union High School District v. State Board of Equalization · 9 Cal. 4th 493 - People v. Simon · 25 Cal. 3d 33 - Fair Political Practices Commission v. Superior Court
Most-quoted passages
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“`[w]hen language which is susceptible of two constructions is used in a penal law, the policy of this state is to construe the statute as favorably to the defendant as its language and the circumstance of its application reasonably permit. The defendant is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable doubt as to the true interpretation of words or the construction of a statute.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In its amicus curiae brief, the FPPC supports this view, which 'because of the agency's expertise ... is entitled to great weight unless clearly erroneous or unauthorized'”
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.