Roop v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1924
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
February 1937
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnston v. Commonwealth · May v. Commonwealth · Ellis v. Commonwealth · Day v. Commonwealth · Hayes 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But a reversal will not be and should not be directed because of this error, unless under all the circumstances it is plainly and clearly prejudicial to the substantial rights of the defendant.””
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.