Brooks v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Benham · Martin v. Commonwealth · Marsch v. Commonwealth · Sherley v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Phon
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the probability of a different result or error so fundamental as to threaten his entitlement to due process of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the defect is so manifest, fundamental and unambiguous that it threatens the integrity of the judicial process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“beyond a reasonable doubt was not equivalent to beyond all doubt”
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.