Commonwealth v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 1979
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · Stovall v. Denno · Griffin v. California · Linkletter v. Walker · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. Maroney
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Q. This kind of testimony might well be objectionable, might it not? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is there any reason why you did not object to that testimony at trial? A. No. I guess the reasonable—the primary reason at that time at the trial, it didn’t seem important enough. Hindsight is better than foresight. Q. I understand that. I was wanting to know if there was any reason you might have had to do with trial strategy which caused you not to object at the time. A. I don’t recall any, right now.” PCHA Hearing Transcript, Commonwealth v. Boyer, supra [hereinafter cited as PCHA Tr.], at 23-24.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Q. When you claimed him [relator] at the front door did he make any statements to you? A. Not more than I asked him how he got outside. Q. Did he make a reply to that question? A. No, he would not make a reply to it.” Trial Transcript, Commonwealth v. Boyer, No. 723, 1972 Term (C. P. Lancaster, Crim.Div.) [hereinafter cited as Trial Tr.] at 6-7.”
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.