Day v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
January 1938
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kirk v. Commonwealth · Miller v. Commonwealth · Allen v. Commonwealth · Watson v. Commonwealth · May 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The rule that requires a submission of a case to a jury where there is any evidence, however slight, tending to show the guilt of the accused, must not be confused with the rule that requires the court to-set aside a verdict of conviction if it be palpably against the evidence. Each has its distinct place, and there may be a proper application of each in the same .case. One is as binding on the court as. the other.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dean v. Commonwealth
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.