Duncan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1915
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 1950
most recently cited
6 state decisions
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The only ground upon which a judgment shall be arrested is that the facts stated in the indictment do not constitute a pulblie offense within the jurisdiction’of the court.””
1 later decision 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.