Robinson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1943
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. Commonwealth · Compton v. Commonwealth · Owens v. Commonwealth · Johnson 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the accused, in every felony case, was not only entitled to a jury free from exception when impanelled to try his case, but that he had a right to have them remain so until the verdict was rendered by keeping them free, as far as possible, from all extraneous influences.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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