Commonwealth v. Chandler’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
December 1979
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Potter · Commonwealth v. Russell · Commonwealth v. McNeal · Commonwealth v. Pfaff
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.
“"one, where the prosecutor brands the appellant with epithets depicting him as vicious or criminal in nature. . . two, where the prosecutor comments from personal knowledge or experience on the guilt or innocence of the accused, thereby implying the existence of some special or additional information not before the jury . . three, where the prosecutor's comments are not a fair statement of the case, thereby misleading the jury and usurping its function."”
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.