63 Cal. 2d 74 - People v. Holford’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 137 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 140 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably 65 Cal. 2d 681 - People v. Rollins (1967), 7 Cal. 3d 756 - People v. Perry (1972)
3 federal appellate · 137 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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 Jackson v. Denno · 46 Cal. 2d 818 - People v. Watson · 62 Cal. 2d 338 - People v. Dorado · People v. Stewart · 50 Cal. 2d 245 - People v. Lyons
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 140 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he driver who leaves the scene of the accident seldom possesses actual knowledge of injury; by leaving the scene he forecloses any opportunity to acquire such actual knowledge. Hence a requirement of actual knowledge of injury would realistically render the statute useless. We therefore believe that criminal liability attaches to a driver who knowingly leaves the scene of an accident if he actually knew of the injury or if he knew that the accident was of such a nature that one would reasonably anticipate that it resulted in injury to a person.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident or collision resulting in injury or death to any person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or collision, and any person violating this provision shall upon conviction be punished as provided in G.S. 20-182. (b) The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident or collision resulting in damage to property and in which there is not involved injury or death of any person shall immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision and shall give his name, address, operator's or chauffeur's license number and the registration number of his vehicle to the driver or occupants of any other vehicle involved in the accident or collision or to any person whose property is damaged in the accident or collision .... Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined or imprisoned for a period of not more than two years, or both, in the discretion of the court. (c) The driver of any vehicle involved in any accident or collision resulting in injury or death to any person shall also give his name, address, operator's or chauffeur's license number and the registration number of his vehicle to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with, and shall render to any person injured in such accident or collision reasonable assistance, ... and it shall be unlawful for any person to violate this provision, and such violator sha”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Fearing · State v. Porras““The defendant is accused in Count Three of having committed the crime of felony hit and run, in violation of Section 20001 (a)(b)(l) of the Vehicle code, m... m “Every person who, as a driver of any vehicle, is knowingly involved in an accident resulting in injury to any other person other than himself must, one, immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the accident. “Two, give his name, current residence address, registration number of the vehicle he is driving, and the name and current address of the owner of the vehicle to the person struck or the driver or occupants of any vehicle collided with and to any traffic or police officer at the scene of the accident and the driver or injured occupant of the driver’s vehicle shall, upon request, if available, exhibit his or her driver’s license to such person—persons or officer. “Three, render reasonable assistance to any person injured in the accident, including the transportation or making arrangements for the transportation of any injured person to a physician, surgeon, or hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent that such treatment is necessary or that transportation is requested by the injured person. “A willful failure of a driver of any vehicle to comply with any one of these duties when involved in an accident resulting in injury is a violation of Vehicle Code section 20000(a)(b)(l) [ric] of a crime. “The word ‘knowingly’ means that the driver of the vehicle involved knew that an accident had occu”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Mace
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.