Commonwealth v. Lay’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1939
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hyser v. Commonwealth · Allen v. Commonwealth
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It does not add to his punishment; it merely prevents future violations of the law. His conviction is merely evidence that he may again violate the law; and the bond is not required of him because of what he has done, but on account of what he may do in the future; and what he has done is evidence of his probable repetition of the offense. ’ ’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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