People v. Perez’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 1968
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 62 Cal. 2d 692 - People v. Hillery · 28 Cal. 2d 306 - People v. Peete · 50 Cal. 2d 245 - People v. Lyons · 58 Cal. 2d 229 - People v. Perez · 58 Cal. 2d 304 - People v. Rosoto
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Experience shows that cross-examination is one of the most effective aids to an ascertainment of truth. While it, is. improper to ask questions which find no support in the actual facts, or to insinuate charges harmful to a defendant in the. absence of a good faith belief on the part of the prosecutor that the questions should be answered in the affirmative, or that the facts which constitute the background of the questions could be proved if their existence should be denied [citations], legitimate cross-examination is a favored method of attempting to secure what the cross-examiner believes to- be the truth. ...””
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.