Commonwealth v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Definition of conspiracy.-- A person is guilty of conspiracy with another person or persons to commit a crime if with the intent of promoting or facilitating its commission he: (1) agrees with such other person or persons that they or one or more of them will engage in conduct which constitutes such crime or an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime; or (2) agrees to aid such other person or persons in the planning or commission of such crime or of an attempt or solicitation to commit such crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Jordan

2. “the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness is sufficient to sustain a conviction for a criminal offense, so long as that testimony can address and, in fact, addresses, every element of the charged crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Cannavo

3. “a solitary witness's testimony may establish every element of a crime, assuming that it speaks to each element, directly and/or by rational inference.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Shaw