Bell v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
December 1991
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pinkerton v. United States · Callanan v. United States · Callanan v. United States · Dean v. Commonwealth · Anthony 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We agree that there is no longer any justification for perpetuating in any form the outmoded doctrine of merger of conspiracy with the consummated offense, regardless of the classification or grade of conspiracy and of the substantive offense.”
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.