People v. Meichtry’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably 70 Cal. 2d 15 - People v. Anderson (1968), 10 Cal. 4th 463 - People v. Davis (1995)
57 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on People v. Thomas · 77 Cal. App. 2d 252 - People v. Carothers · 55 Cal. App. 103 - People v. Norrington · 52 Cal. App. 2d 620 - People v. Gray · People v. Fleming
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[2] The essential element of the offense charged is the intent to commit the act against the will of the complainant. The offense is complete if at any moment during the assault the accused intends to use whatever force may be required. (People v. Stewart, 97 Cal. 238 [ 32 P. 8 ].) [3] The question whether the intent existed is one for the jury to determine from the conduct of the defendant and the surrounding circumstances. A determination by the court is permissible only when the facts afford no reasonable ground for an inference that the intent existed. (See also People v. Woods, 75 Cal.App.2d 246 [ 170 P.2d 477 ] ; People v. Lutes, 79 Cal.App.2d 233 [ 179 P.2d 815 ].)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'the intent to commit the act against the will of the complainant'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'to use whatever force may be required.'”
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.