State v. Spates’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 26 Cal. 4th 834 - People v. Sanchez · Commonwealth v. Santiago · State v. Marti · State v. Jeffries · People v. Kemp
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To sustain a conviction on the theory of aiding and abetting, the record must contain substantial evidence the accused assented to or lent countenance and approval to the criminal act either by active participation or by some manner encouraging it prior to or at the time of its commission.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.