Long v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently May 1963
13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““While it is true that the words ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ were omitted from the first part of the instruction, we find that the instruction concludes with the following language: ‘Unless' you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant has been proven guilty of the charge you will find the defendant not guilty. ’ The instruction should be read as a whole, and, when so read, it is apparent that the omission from the first part of the instruction of the words ‘beyond a reasonable doubt’ was cured'by the quoted language, which in effect told the jury that it was necessary for them to believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant committed the assault before they could find him guilty. ’ ’”
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.