Thacker v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
August 2015
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Neder v. United States · Ring v. Arizona · Sullivan v. Louisiana
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You will find the Defendant guilty of first-degree robbery under this Instruction if, and only if, you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt all of the following: A. That in this county on or about _, and before the finding of the Indictment herein, he stole money from_; B. That in the course of so doing and with intent to accomplish the theft, he used or threatened the immediate use of physical force upon; and C. That when he did so, he was armed with a pistol. D. That the pistol is a deadly weapon as defined in Instruction No_”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The test for harmless error is whether there is any substantial possibility that the outcome of the case would have been different without the presence of that error.”). . Stepp v. Commonwealth, 608 S.W.2d 371, 374 (Ky.1980) (”
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.