Jones v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Comfort v. California · Goins v. Commonwealth · Smith v. Commonwealth · Wilson 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that `error in a criminal case will require reversal of a conviction unless the error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Farmer v. Com.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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