Richardson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2016 · most notably Burns v. United States (1932), Marshall v. Commonwealth (1960)
2 federal appellate · 28 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 Ex parte United States · People Ex Rel. Forsyth v. . Court of Sessions · Belden v. Hugo · 18 Cal. App. 166 - In Re Giannini · State v. Abbott
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The power of courts to suspend sentence, this phrase being frequently employed as meaning either delay in the imposition of a sentence for crime or the staying of execution of the sentence imposed, has been much discussed. The weight of authority appears to be that, under the common law, courts do not possess the power to delay the imposition or execution of sentences for crime, except temporarily, as for instance, in order to give time for motions for new trial, writs of error, or to determine the precise sentence to be imposed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Possibly the idea that such sentences constitute an invasion of the pardoning power of the Governor is based upon an erroneous view of the true effect of suspending execution of a sentence. By the very term used it is not a pardon, excuse, immunity or relief, * * * but a mere suspension or postponement of its execution. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Hall“purpose to limit the period within which the suspension order can be revoked is manifest.”
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.