Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently August 2010 · most notably Pulakis v. State (1970), Anthony v. State (1974)
29 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 State v. . Sawyer · Oxenberg v. Alaska · 96 Okla. Crim. 231 - Traxler v. State · Beneficial Life Ins. Co. v. Wakamatsu · Oxenberg v. State
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Aid and abet’ means to help, assist, or facilitate the commission of a crime, promote the accomplishment thereof, help in advancing or bringing it about, or encourage, counsel, or incite as to its commission.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Tarnef v. State · In re J. D.““Abrogation of distinctions between accessories and principals. The distinction between an accessory before the fact and a principal, and between principals in the first and second degree is abrogated; and all persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether they directly commit the act constituting the crime or, though not present, aid and abet in its commission, shall be prosecuted, tried, and punished as principals.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Anthony v. State · Carman v. State“Plain errors or defects affecting substantial rights may be noticed although they were not brought to the attention of the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Kugzruk v. State · Freeman v. State
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.