Commonwealth v. Wiggins’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Commonwealth v. Wable · Commonwealth v. Rose · Commonwealth v. Meyers · Commonwealth v. Gockley
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““such that its unavoidable effect would be to prejudice the jury, forming in [the jurors’] minds a fixed bias and hostility toward [appellant], so that they could not fairly weigh in his behalf such circumstances of doubt, extenuation or degree of guilt that may be present in the case, and thus make them unable to render a true verdict.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The instruction should preferably be given immediately after the prejudicial event and repeated in the charge to the jury. . . . [I]t should clearly and firmly advise the jury that the prejudicial event must be disregarded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“clearly and firmly advise the jury that the prejudicial event must be disregarded.”
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.