Slusher v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
February 2000
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Merritt v. Commonwealth · Ingram v. Commonwealth · Granberry v. Commonwealth · Thacker v. Commonwealth · Shackelford 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is elementary that the word 'punishable,’ as here used, means the maximum punishment which may be imposed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.