People v. Thornton’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 2003
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. McCrary · People v. Bartowsheski · People v. MacKey · People v. Gonzales · People v. Johnson
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.
“didn't affect the deliberations in any way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Wadle
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.