Commonwealth v. Pressley’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 342 Ill. App. 621 - People v. Beason
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.
“[A]ppellant could be convicted [of carrying a concealed deadly weapon] only for carrying a ‘firearm ..". concealed upon his person ... with the Intent therewith Unlawfully and maliciously to do injury to any other person ’ No such intent is necessary to sustain a conviction under the Uniform.Firearms Act eharge[.}”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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