In re Lessard’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 173 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 195 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably 12 Cal. 3d 641 - People v. Hitch (1974), 41 Cal. 3d 505 - People v. Burgener (1986)
11 federal appellate · 173 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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Mapp v. Ohio · Escobedo v. Illinois · Stoner v. California · 60 Cal. 2d 631 - People v. Morse
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 195 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in some circumstances the prosecution must, without request, disclose substantial material evidence favorable to the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“bears a `reasonably substantial relation to the fullness of his opportunity to defend against the charge.' [Citation.]”
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.