Lyons v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Compton v. Commonwealth · Dotson v. Commonwealth · Martin 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.
“[T]here is no stronger presumption afforded than that an accused is presumed to be innocent, which cannot be overthrown except by proof of his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Attorneys for the Commonwealth `should always remember whose commission they bear and should scrupulously respect the rights of the accused.'”
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.