Commonwealth v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Batson v. Kentucky · Alleyne v. United States · Alleyne v. United States
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To the extent our legal reasoning differs from the trial court's, we note that as an appellate court, we may affirm on any legal basis supported by the certified record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.