Commonwealth v. Battles’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
March 2025
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miller v. Alabama · Miller v. Alabama · Montgomery v. Louisiana · Commonwealth v. Batts · Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A substantial question exists only when the appellant advances a colorable argument that the sentencing judge's actions were either: (1) inconsistent with a specific provision of the Sentencing Code; or (2) contrary to the fundamental norms which underlie the sentencing process.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The determination of what constitutes a substantial question must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.”
2 later decisions 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.