People v. Linden’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 164 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 175 later decisions — most recently August 1993 · most notably 60 Cal. 2d 631 - People v. Morse (1964), 35 Cal. 3d 329 - People v. Fields (1983)
10 federal appellate · 164 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 Johnson v. Zerbst · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · In re Oliver · Townsend v. Burke · Stein v. People of State of New York Wissner
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 175 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“error tending to affect the jury's attitude in fixing the penalty `implicitly invites reversal in every case. Only under extraordinary circumstances can the constitutional provision [art. VI, § 4 1/2] save the verdict.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“demonstrate either the acumen or the learning of a skilled lawyer”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Jurors] should approach the tasks of finding facts and exercising discretion as to choice of penalty with appreciation that their duties are serious and that they are accountable for their decisions, not with the feeling that they are making mere tentative determinations which the courts can correct. The [jurors] have no concern with and should not be informed of the automatic appeal where judgment of death is imposed.... [¶] Argument such as that of the deputy district attorney above quoted improperly diminishes the [jurors'] recognition of their duties and responsibilities and powers.”
2 later decisions 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.