Commonwealth v. Brabham’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
17
cited by 17 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
17 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3060
Relies on Coleman v. Alabama · Adams v. Illinois · Goldsby v. United States · Lem Woon v. State of Oregon · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Maisenhelder v. Rundle
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The judgment of sentence is reversed, appellant’s conviction is vacated, the information is quashed and appellant is discharged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]n inmate in a prison in [one] county [is] not. . . a `fugitive' from the offense being prosecuted in [another county].”
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.