Kokas v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 21 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If the indictment be for a felony, the defendant must be present, and shall remain in actual custody during the trial. * * *””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jennings v. Commonwealth · Gray v. Commonwealth

2. “It appears from the affidavit of the official stenographer ... that only he and the members of the jury were present while he was in the jury room, and that he remained with the jury in the room more than an hour and perhaps as long as an hour and a half. It also appears from his affidavit that he read to the jury disconnectedly only such portions of the evidence as they asked to have read, which was exclusively evidence in behalf of the commonwealth, and that during the reading from his notes there was a lot of talking by the members of the jury and some by affiant, who was able to recall but little that was said.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. United States

3. ““In all criminal prosecutions the accused has the right to be heard by himself and counsel; * * * to meet the witnesses face to face. * * *””

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