LaPena v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · People v. Trujillo · People v. Clapp · 17 Cal. 2d 778 - People v. Shaw · Austin 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A conviction shall not be had on the testimony of an accomplice unless he is corroborated by other evidence which in itself, and without the aid of the testimony of the accomplice, tends to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration shall not be sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“participation in these crimes may have warranted a more serious charge than second-degree murder, plea bargaining is permissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Franklin 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.