Commonwealth v. Ault’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 1981
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Rosche v. McCoy · 162 Pa. Super. 490 - Commonwealth v. Allabaugh · Commonwealth v. Troy · Commonwealth v. Fox · Commonwealth v. Furman
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.
“`if you don't do it [tell the truth] in court, you get put in jail'”
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.