People v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
May 1954
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 74 Cal. App. 178 - People v. Follette · Leon v. State · People v. Allison · People v. . Kupperschmidt · Dennis v. Gordon
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All persons concerned in the commission of a crime ... whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not being present, have advised and encouraged its commission ... are principals in any crime so committed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Clapp
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.