People v. Yarber’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
84 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably 35 Cal. 3d 547 - People v. Beeman (1984), 46 Cal. 3d 919 - People v. Bean (1988)
84 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 Bruton v. United States · People v. Aranda · People v. Kelley · 2 Cal. 3d 362 - People v. Terry · 15 Cal. 3d 143 - People v. Mayberry
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person aids and abets the commission of a crime if, with knowledge of the unlawful purpose of the perpetrator of the crime, he aids, promotes, encourages or instigates by act or advice the commission of such crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(1) with knowledge of the unlawful purpose of the perpetrator and “(2) with the intent or purpose of committing, encouraging, or facilitating the commission of the offense, by act or advice aids, promotes, encourages or instigates the commission of the crime. “[A person who aids and abets the [commission] [or] [attempted commission] of a crime need not be personally present at the scene of the crime.] “[Mere presence at the scene of a crime which does not itself assist the commission of the crime does not amount to aiding and abetting.] “[Mere knowledge that a crime is being committed and the failure to prevent it does not amount to aiding and abetting.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““1. Those who directly and actively [commit] [or] [attempt to commit] the act constituting the crime, or “2. Those who aid and abet the [commission] [or] [attempted commission] of the crime. “[One who aids and abets is not only guilty of the particular crime that to his knowledge his confederates are contemplating committing, but he is also liable for the natural and reasonable or probable consequences of any act that he knowingly and intentionally aided or encouraged.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.