People v. Sayer’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 1955
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ex parte Rosenheim · 45 Cal. App. 520 - People v. Velarde · 36 Cal. App. 292 - People v. Pera · People v. Hamberg · Ex parte Wadleigh
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the defendant is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable doubt, whether it arises out of a question of fact or as to the true interpretation of words, or the construction of the language used in a statute.”
2 later decisions 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.