Turner v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2010 · most notably O'Dell III v. Jd Netherland (1997), Erickson v. Illinois (1988)
46 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dobbert v. Florida · McCleskey v. Kemp · Adams v. Texas · Godfrey v. Georgia · Skipper v. South Carolina
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“views `would prevent or substantially impair the performance of [her] duties as a juror in accordance with [her] instructions and [her] oath.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases, considering both the crime and the defendant.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Emmett v. Com. · Turner v. Williams“We think that the evidence of Turner's conduct in killing his victim meets [the Smith definition of aggravated battery] clearly and completely.... We think that the evidence of Turner's conduct in killing his victim also meets [the Smith definition of depravity of mind] clearly and completely.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Turner v. Williams
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.