Commonwealth v. Ashcraft’s Empirical Analysis
1928
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 1933
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Combs v. Commonwealth · Harris v. Commonwealth · Strong v. Commonwealth · Hawley v. Commonwealth · Jones 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Our examination of other text authorities and acknowledged authors on criminal law has convinced us that the great weight of authority is to the effect that the provoking acts on the part of defendant, so as to deprive him of the right of self-defense, need not be such as would .create the right of self-defense on the part of the deceased had he slain defendant because of the latter’s provoking acts and conduct.””
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.