Davis v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Huddleston v. United States · Commonwealth v. Benham · Commonwealth v. English · State v. Lloyd
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, evidence of ... animosity of the defendant against the victim is admissible as evidence of motive, intent or identity ... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cox v. Commonwealth“A motion in limine resolved by order of record is sufficient to preserve error for appellate review.”
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.