State v. Light’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
August 1984
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Washington · 15 Cal. 3d 79 - People v. Antick · Commonwealth v. Redline · People v. Ferlin · Commonwealth v. Root
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] combination of two factors will lead to the result that the court will not invoke the felony-murder doctrine. These factors are: 1. The decedent was a willing participant in the underlying felony; and 2. The death was caused by an outside agency, human or natural, which had the effect, calculated or accidental, of thwarting rather than furthering the commission of the underlying felony. Id. at 139 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Baker
How this case has been treated — in progress
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