Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Smith, J.’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · United States v. Bailey · Liparota v. United States · Alleyne v. United States · 1 Cal. 3d 444 - People v. Hood
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.
“[W]hile titles and headings of statutory provisions are not controlling, they may be considered as an aid to construction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we do not read words in isolation, but with reference to the context in which they appear”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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