Commonwealth v. Hilliard’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Crawford v. Washington · Commonwealth v. Anderson · Commonwealth v. Huggins · Commonwealth v. Karetny
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'evidence, read in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, that sufficiently establishes both the commission of a crime and that the accused is probably the perpetrator of that crime.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“produce[ ] evidence of each of the material elements of the crime charged and establish[ ] sufficient probable cause to warrant the belief that the accused committed the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The weight and credibility of the evidence is not a factor at this stage.”
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.