Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2019
7 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 269 Cal. App. 2d 97 - People v. Duty · United States v. Bissonette · Dangel v. State · State v. Clifford · 126 Tex. Crim. 439 - Tipton v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... merely denying knowledge of the principal’s involvement in a crime will not give rise to a charge of accessory after the fact. ... A mere denial of knowledge is to be differentiated from an “[a]ffirmative statement of facts tending to raise any defense for (the principal), or a statement within itself indicating an effort to shield or protect (the principal).” ... Such an affirmative statement would be such as supplying a false alibi. This amounts to more than passive nondisclosure. ... In the case here, appellant did nothing more than passively deny knowledge of Van Buren’s involvement in the burglary. Stephens v. State, supra, pág. 557.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Harbor or conceal the other; or [[Image here]] By force, intimidation, or deception, obstruct anyone in the performance of any act which might aid in the discovery, detection, apprehension ... or punishment of such person ...””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Sandoval““[W]e examine the evidence in a light most favorable to the state to determine if there is sufficient evidence to uphold the verdict.” Stephens v. State, Wyo., 734 P.2d 555, 558 (1987).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tageant 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.