64 Misc. 2d 147 - People v. Bishop’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Jacoby · People v. . Hudson Valley Construction Co. · People v. Taylor · People v. Rubin
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]s a matter of public policy, the courts, in an effort to deter baseless prosecutions, have established that criminal prosecutions be underpinned by the sanctity of an oath which would subject the complaint to the penalty of perjury if it is willfully false * * *.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hennigan v. State
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.