People v. Washington’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
November 1986
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Napue v. People of the State of Illinois · United States v. Dotterweich · People v. Mleczko · People v. . Creasy
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“defense counsel and his client were assuredly entitled to rest upon the certainty that, if the witness was testifying falsely on so vital a matter, the prosecutor himself would speak out and set the record straight. . . . What we declared in Savvides should not, in this case, be watered down one drop or changed one tittle.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The administration of justice must not only be above reproach, it must also be beyond the suspicion of reproach.”
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.