State v. Burgess’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Deboue v. Louisiana · Youngberg v. United States · Vrettos v. Plainfield Post Office · Patillo v. Georgia
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The theory of our statute abolishing the distinction between principals and accessories, § 556.170, is that every defendant who joins in the commission of a crime is liable, on his own, as a principal; but he is also entitled to be tried on his own without having his guilt prejudged by what has happened to his co-defendant. This statute has obviated the old rule under which it was proper and perhaps necessary to show the conviction of the principal before an accessory could be convicted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Helms
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.