Commonwealth v. Mimms’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Adams v. Williams · Commonwealth v. Dussell
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Q. Tell me, are you a good friend of Harry Mimms? "A. I am an acquaintance of him, I know him. "Q. You know him very well would you say? "A. Yes, sir. "Q. Are you both Muslims? "A. Sir? "Objection: Sir, I move for withdrawal of a juror. "THE COURT: Overruled. "Q. Are you both Muslims? "A. Yes, sir. "Q. In other words, when you say `Muslims', followers of the Islam faith is that right? "A. Yes."”
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.