NOBLES, IV v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably 310 Pa. Super. 39 - Commonwealth v. Griffin (1983), 53 Va. App. 561 - Clanton v. Commonwealth (2009)
54 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hargrave v. Commonwealth · Dawkins v. Commonwealth · Epps v. Commonwealth · Howard v. Commonwealth · Hardy 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Intent in fact is the purpose formed in a person's mind, which may be shown by the circumstances surrounding the offense, including the person's conduct and his statements.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The necessary intent is the intent in fact, as distinguished from an intent in law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“is generally a question for the trier of fact.”
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.